The VRESIST trial: Evaluating the effectiveness of a hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship intervention upon antibiotic use in Vietnam

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Antimicrobial resistance; Infection - Studies of infection and infectious agents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000715774
• Lead Sponsor: Woolcock Institute of Medical Research Sydney

Brief Summary

Analysed results are not yet ready

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-05-18
• Study Completion: 2022-12-15
• Last Update Posted: 8 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4087

Inclusion Criteria

Eligibility of study health facilities:
- District health facility located within Hanoi or Ca Mau Provinces
- The facility has inpatients
- The leader of the facility agrees to participate in the study
- Selected by stratified random sampling

Eligibility of hospital wards to participate
- The leader of the ward agrees to participate
- The ward has inpatients
- Antimicrobials are available on the ward

Eligibility for inclusion of patient files in the antimicrobial stewardship audit:
- Patient is a current inpatient in the ward on the day of the audit

Exclusion Criteria

- Wards where antibiotics are not available.
- Wards that will be closed for at least 8 weeks during the intervention period.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified