Surgical site infections and antibiotics consumption: a multi-centered cluster-randomized controlled trial of tailored education to promote compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections (WACH)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Surgical site infections; T81.4; Infection following a procedure, not elsewhere classified

• Registration Number: DRKS00015502
• Lead Sponsor: Institut für Hygiene, Krankenhaushygiene und Umweltmedizin

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-10-19
• Study Completion: 2021-02-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 973

Inclusion Criteria

1. Number of beds: > 30
2. Surgical specialist hospital with regular stationary execution of abdominal and orthopedic/traumatology surgeries
3. Parts of the AWMF guideline and/or the KRINKO recommendation are already applied

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participation in other (research) projects which influence the endpoints of this evaluation study (as assessed by the principal investigator)
2. Restructuring measures in the next three years (from start of the study) which are relevant to the endpoints of the study and were planned before the study start (as assessed by the principal investigator, examples: planned serious modification/fluctuation of employees, especially in terms of executive leadership, planned modification in the establishment of the AWMF-guideline/KRINKO recommendation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified