CompletedNot Applicable

Comparison of Bacterial Contamination Rates Between Isolation and Non-isolation Rooms

United States400 participantsStarted 2012-08

Plain-language summary

This study is to determine if medication cabinets located outside of isolation rooms in hospitals and their contents, particularly medications and the delivery folders are at a higher risk of having harmful bacteria on them.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient rooms with isolation status for MRSA * Patient rooms without isolation status for MRSA for 14 days Exclusion Criteria: * Rooms without medication cabinets directly outside the room

What they're measuring

Presence of MRSA colonization

Timeframe: Hospital stay, an expected average of 14 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01671358

SponsorWest Virginia University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2013-06

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