Improved Use of Antibiotic Guidelines in Hospital Environment

Completed

• Conditions: Community-Acquired Pneumonia

• Registration Number: NCT00512772
• Lead Sponsor: KU Leuven

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of antibiotic guidelines and thus antibiotics can be improved through a description of possible barriers leading to tailored interventions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2007-08-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-08-07
• Study First Posted: 2007-08-08
• Study Start: 2007-10
• Status Verified: 2010-07
• Primary Completion: 2010-07
• Study Completion: 2010-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 2010-12-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 823

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
• Diagnosed community-acquired pyelonephritis

Exclusion Criteria

• CAP: hospital-acquired pneumonia; patients transferred from other hospital; death within 24h, aspiration pneumonia, immunocompromised status, palliative status, admission due to social reasons
• Pyelonephritis: urinary tract with functional or physical abnormalities, urinary catheterisation, pregnancy, (immunocompromised status, palliative status, admission due to social reasons and history of renal transplant.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg; 🇧🇪 Genk, Belgium

Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium