Clinical trialNCT02063867CompletedInterventional

Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE Infection) Trial

SponsorUniversity of California, IrvineEnrollment53Healthcare Associated InfectionsMethicillin Resistant Staphylococcus AureusMulti Drug Resistant Organisms

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Summary

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The ABATE Infection Project is a cluster randomized trial of hospitals to compare two quality improvement strategies to reduce multi-drug resistant organisms and healthcare-associated infections in non-critical care units. The two strategies to be evaluated are: * Arm 1: Routine Care Routine policy for showering/bathing * Arm 2: Decolonization Use of chlorhexidine as routine soap for showering or bed bathing for all patients Mupirocin x 5 days if MRSA+ by history, culture, or screen Note that enrolled "subjects" represents 53 individual HCA Hospitals (representing \~190 non-critical care units) that have been randomized.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a findmyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Daniel Gillen, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Study Director
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Edward Septimus, MD
Hospital Corporation of America
Study Director
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Grace Lee, MD MPH
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Study Director
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Jason Hickok, MBA, RN
Hospital Corporation of America
Study Director
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John Jernigan, MD MS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Director
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Jonathan Perlin, MD PhD
Hospital Corporation of America
Study Director
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Julia Moody, MS
Hospital Corporation of America
Study Director
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Ken Kleinman, ScD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Study Director
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Mary Hayden, MD
Rush University
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Robert Weinstein, MD
John Stroger Hospital
Study Director
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Susan Huang, MD MPH
University of California, Irvine
Principal InvestigatorKOL profile →
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Sites

52 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

West Hills Hospital & Medical Center
West Hills, California, United States
North Suburban Medical Center
Thornton, Colorado, United States
Blake Medical Center
Bradenton, Florida, United States
Osceola Regional Medical Center
Kissimmee, Florida, United States
Palms West Hospital
Loxahatchee Groves, Florida, United States
Orange Park Medical Center
Orange Park, Florida, United States
West Florida Hospital
Pensacola, Florida, United States
Northside Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
St. Petersburg General Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
South Bay Hospital
Sun City Center, Florida, United States
West Palm Hospital
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, Georgia, United States
Coliseum Northside Hospital
Macon, Georgia, United States
Eastside Medical Center
Snellville, Georgia, United States
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Regional Medical Center of Acadiana
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Garden Park Medical Center
Gulfport, Mississippi, United States
Research Medical Center
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Lee'S Summit Medical Center
Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States
Mountainview Hospital-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Parkland Medical Center
Derry, New Hampshire, United States
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Colleton Medical Center
Walterboro, South Carolina, United States
Parkridge East Hospital
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Parkridge Medical Center
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Tristar Horizon Medical Center
Dickson, Tennessee, United States
Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States
Summit Medical Center
Hermitage, Tennessee, United States
St. David'S Medical Center
Austin, Texas, United States
Valley Regional Medical Center
Brownsville, Texas, United States
Conroe Regional Medical Center
Conroe, Texas, United States
Corpus Christi Medical Center
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
Las Palmas Medical Center
El Paso, Texas, United States
Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Las Colinas Medical Center
Irving, Texas, United States
Kingwood Medical Center
Kingwood, Texas, United States
Northeast Methodist Hospital
Live Oak, Texas, United States
Rio Grande Regional Hospital
McAllen, Texas, United States
North Hills Hospital
North Richland Hills, Texas, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Arm 2: Decolonization

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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Apr 2014
Primary completion: 28 Feb 2019
Completion: 28 Feb 2019
Last update posted: 12 Jul 2019
Registered enrollment: 53
Registry id: NCT02063867

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