Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals (ARK-Hospital)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Antibiotic resistance; Infections and Infestations

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12674243
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary

2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31296255 protocol (added 15/07/2019) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36206793/ (added 10/10/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-04-20
• Study Completion: 2023-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 8 January 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

NHS Trusts:
1. Acute or district general NHS Trust admitting patients to acute/general medicine
2. Willing to implement the intervention in healthcare professionals involved in antibiotic prescribing or administration in adult acute/general medicine, and able to identify a local ‘champion’ to lead this
3. Able to provide the required routine electronic data on adult patients admitted to acute/general medicine over the required time periods

Participant level for patient/carer interviews that form part of the process evaluation:
1. Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the interview study
2. Male or female, aged 18 years or above
3. Admitted to acute/general medicine
4. Has received a course of antibiotic treatment started in hospital in the last 7-14 days
5. Either the patient themselves, or a close friend or family member who supported the patient during their inpatient stay and antibiotic treatment

Exclusion Criteria

Not meeting inclusion criteria.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified