Reduce the inappropriate use of urinary catheters and intravenous (IV) catheters
Completed
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25159
- Lead Sponsor
- The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1420
Inclusion Criteria
Age >18 years old
- Patient admitted to internal medicine or subspecialties (gastroenterology & hepatology, geriatrics, pulmonology and rheumatology), or nonsurgical patient admitted to acute medical units
- Urinary and/or (peripheral and/or central) intravenous catheter
Exclusion Criteria
- Patient who had all catheters prior to admission
- Patient admitted for elective short stay
- Terminally ill patient
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage of inappropriate use of urinary and intravenous catheter on the days of data collection.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Catheter-related infections or other complications, catheter re-insertion rate, length of hospital (and ICU) stay, mortality, and costs of the de-implementation strategy and the main health care costs.