Ontario ICU Clinical Best Practices Demonstration Project

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia; Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections; Pressure Ulcer Prophylaxis; DVT Prophylaxis; Restrictive Blood Transfusion Strategy; Daily Spontaeous Breathing Trials

• Registration Number: NCT00332982
• Lead Sponsor: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Brief Summary

The pragmatic issue at hand how to get physicians and nurses to use best practices... and how to measure consequences of their implementation. This is the science of "knowledge translation", which we are realizing is an "organic" entity. As part of our Critical Care Strategy our goal is to improve the quality and continuity of critical care within our health care system. Toward this goal we are implementing a program which links 16 Ontario hospitals through their critical care units in a Provincial Network.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2005-06
• Study Start: 2005-11
• Study First Submitted: 2006-06-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-06-01
• Study First Posted: 2006-06-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2006-11-20
• Last Update Posted: 2006-11-22
• Study Completion: 2007-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Cohort of hospitals with Intensive Care Units in Ontario

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Relative risk of receiving best practices in the ICU.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ICU length of stay
Barriers to best practice use in the ICU

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Centre; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada