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Use of culture tests oversight to improve patient care

Diagnostic stewardship to improve antimicrobial use in tertiary care hospital: a mixed-methods research

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/04/042265
Enrollment
100
Registered
2022-04-28
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-05-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Educational intervention: Pre-post interventional research design without a control group. Educational modules for health care providers will be created. The educational (diagnostic ste

Sponsors

Dr S Robin
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Health care providers of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, India.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The participating health care providers having less than 6-months of work experience from Kasturba hospital, Manipal, will be excluded from this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement in the knowledge, attitude and practices about culture investigation among health care providers.Timepoint: Baseline, 6 weeks, and 14 weeks.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Culture utilization rates, duration of hospitalization, antibiotic use metrics such as duration of therapy and length of therapy.Timepoint: 3 years—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Vandana K E

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education

vandana.ke@manipal.edu9902206009

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026