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Surveillance network for infections contracted in health settings

A Clinically-Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network for Healthcare-associated infections - ACORN-HAI

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/01/061498
Enrollment
15000
Registered
2024-01-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: J95- Intraoperative and postproceduralcomplications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified Health Condition 2: Y95- Nosocomial condition Health Condition 3: A419- Sepsis, unspecified organism

Interventions

Sponsors

The George Institute for Global Health
Lead Sponsor
National University of Singapore
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthcare-associated bloodstream infection 1) Prescription/commencement of an intravenous antibiotic AND 2) Positive growth of bacterial or Candida spp pathogen(s) identified from blood specimen(s) taken on or after day 3 of admission (Day 1 refers to the day of admission), or within 3 months of significant healthcare exposure; AND 3) Bacterial pathogen(s) in the blood specimen(s) satisfies either of the following: i) one or more non-common commensal bacterial pathogen(s) identified from one or more blood specimens obtained by a culture; OR ii) the same common commensal bacterial pathogen identified from two or more blood specimens collected on separate occasions Ventilator-associated pneumonia 1) Clinical suspicion of VAP; AND 2) Prescription/commencement of an intravenous antibiotic; AND 3) Positive growth of bacterial pathogen(s) identified from respiratory specimen(s) taken on or after day 3 of ventilation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Healthcare-associated bloodstream infection Patient who has positive growth of organisms belonging to the following genera which are typically causes of community-associated infections and are rarely or are not known to be causes of healthcare-associated infections, or associated with severe immune suppression: a) Burkholderia pseudomallei, b) Brucella spp, including but not limited to, B. melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis, B. canis, c) Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella, Listeria, Vibrio and Yersinia. Ventilator-associated pneumonia Patient who has positive growth of organisms belonging to the following genera which are typically causes of community-associated infections and/or are rarely or are not known to be causes of healthcare-associated infections: a) Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus suis, Haemophilus influenzae, b) Burkholderia pseudomallei, c) Coagulase-negative staphylococci, d) Talaromyces marneffei, e) Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, f) Rapidly growing Mycobacteria, including but not limited to, M. mucogenicum, M. fortuitum, M. abscessus, M. chelonae, M. neoaurum

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence & prevalence of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) in HA-BSI or VAP quantified in terms of i) hospitalisation, ii) patient bed-days & iii) microbiology culturesTimepoint: Onset of clinical syndrome is on or after day 3 of hospital admission, or within 3 months of significant healthcare exposure.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Severity of disease (requirement for intensive care, duration of hospitalisation, functional status at discharge, mortality), types of antibiotic treatmentTimepoint: 28 days from onset of the last infection episode;Attributable mortality of HA-BSI or VAP caused by MDROs versus susceptible organisms or MDROs of different resistance patterns All-cause mortality of HA-BSI or VAP Timepoint: 28 days from onset of the last infection episode;Bacterial species & phenotypic resistance patterns across the study sites from various geographical regions over the study period.Timepoint: Over the study period;Genomic characteristics in terms of bacterial strains/clones, resistance genes across the study sites from various geographical regionsTimepoint: Over the study period

Countries

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam

Contacts

Public ContactNikita Bathla

George Institute for Global Health

vjha@georgeinstitute.org.in01141588091

Outcome results

None listed

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