ong-term effects of a strategy to reduce inappropriate use of catheters
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- For the quantitative part, adult patients with a PVC or urinary catheter that are admitted to a medical ward. For the qualitative part, healthcare workers from the medical wards, who participated in executing and maintaining the de-implementation strategy.Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18989217
- Lead Sponsor
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1254
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adult patients admitted to internal medicine, gastroenterology, geriatric, oncology, and pulmonology wards, and non-surgical acute admission units who have a PVC or urinary catheter on the day of data collection, or
2. Healthcare workers (e.g., nurses, physicians) who are or who were responsible for maintaining the de-implementation strategy to reduce inappropriate use of catheters
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who are admitted for an elective short stay, and patients who are terminally ill
2. Patients with chronic use of catheters, defined as having any type of catheter before hospital admission, and no new inserted catheter of any type
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method