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Impact of Airborne Pathogen Inactivation Devices Using UVGI Against Respiratory Diseases Affecting Retirement Home Residents

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Respiratory Infections in Old Age
Registration Number
NCT06569160
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1000
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:<br><br>Retirement homes for dependent elderly people (EHPAD):<br><br> - Regularly having had cases of upper and lower respiratory infections among their<br> residents in previous years during the winter period<br><br> - Being monitored by the same mobile hygiene team (IPAC), with common protocols, or<br> with teams working together to standardize practices<br><br> - Having agreed to participate in the study<br><br> - Undertaking to respect all the points provided for in the protocol<br><br> - Accepting the installation of UVGI air treatment devices and having the technical<br> resources to carry out the installation<br><br> - Committing to send all residents or their legal guardian/curator collective<br> information as well as an individual information notice and a form to oppose the<br> collection of clinical and biological data on their infectious status.<br><br>The residents of the structures participating in the study must have been informed of<br>this study (themselves, their legal guardian or curator depending on their situation) and<br>not have objected to the collection of health data concerning them, necessary for this<br>study.<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Retirement homes (EHPAD) already equipped with another air treatment system (HEPA,<br> ionization, etc.) in shared places<br><br> - Establishments that do not wish to be equipped in the areas to be treated<br><br> - Retirement homes (EHPAD) having planned a major modification of the structure<br> (extension, renovation, closure, requalification, etc.) during the study, which<br> could influence the study population and/or the UVGI air treatment devices.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of symptomatic upper and lower respiratory infections
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Presence and duration of hospitalization for respiratory infections;Recovery, recovery with sequelae, death related to respiratory infection.;Respiratory viral and bacterial load in air samples;Respiratory viral and bacterial load on sampling of fomites;Cost-effectiveness ratio
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