Point-of-care testing for gastrointestinal pathogens

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Gastroenteritis; Infections and Infestations; Other gastroenteritis and colitis of infectious and unspecified origin

• Registration Number: ISRCTN88918395
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37116527/ (added 02/05/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-02-21
• Study Completion: 2020-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 22 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 278

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 18 years or over
2. Has the capacity to give informed, written consent and is able and willing to adhere to the study procedures
3. A patient in Southampton General Hospital ED, AMU, ASU or inpatient ward (if admitted directly to an inpatient ward)
4. Can be recruited to the study within a 48 hour period of first triage by ED staff OR within a 48 hour period of arrival on AMU or ASU or inpatient ward (if admitted directly to AMU/ASU to these areas)
5. Has an acute diarrhoeal illness and/or vomiting*
5. Has a duration of illness less of than or equal to 14 days

*An episode of acute diarrhoea is defined as the passage of at least 3 loose stools for at least 1 day.
(AMU = acute medical unit, ASU = acute surgical unit, ED = emergency department)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients not fulfilling inclusion criteria
2. A palliative approach being taken by the treating clinicians
3. Previously included in this study and re-presenting within the last 30 days after hospital discharge
4. Declines to give stool sample and/or rectal swab

Involvement in other research trials is not necessarily an exclusion criterion. Concurrent, prior or subsequent enrolment in an observational study is not expected to be an exclusion criterion, except at the discretion of the principal investigator.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of time in side room isolation is measured by retrospective review of case notes and electronic hospital information systems for the duration of hospitalisation (up to 30 days maximum)