Effectiveness of a Hospital-wide Programme for Infection Control to Reduce the Rate of Health-Care Associated Infections and related Sepsis

Effectiveness of a Hospital-wide Programme for Infection Control to Reduce the Rate of Health-Care Associated Infections and related Sepsis - ALERTS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00003166

Enrollment

75000

Registered

2011-07-04

Start date

2011-06-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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

Conditions

Health care associated infections T88.8

Interventions

Group 1: Surveillance study over a 12-months period in order to document the incidence for HAIs. After this first study period a pragmatic, multimodal infection control programme aimed at a bundle of

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Hospital stay > 48 hours

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence density of any type of HAIs. A hospital-wide computerized screening tool for HAIs was implemented at the JUH. This screening tool is based on the daily information whether an antimicrobial therapy was initiated or changed in a patient with a hospital stay >48h. If so and the patient has HAI - risk factors (vascular catheter, urinary tract catheter or operations), the ALERTS Study-Team visits the patient and evaluates whether an HAI is present.	—

Measure

Time frame

Incidence density of any type of HAIs. A hospital-wide computerized screening tool for HAIs was implemented at the JUH. This screening tool is based on the daily information whether an antimicrobial therapy was initiated or changed in a patient with a hospital stay >48h. If so and the patient has HAI - risk factors (vascular catheter, urinary tract catheter or operations), the ALERTS Study-Team visits the patient and evaluates whether an HAI is present.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of HAI-related sepsis	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactStefan Hagel

IFB Sepsis und Sepsisfolgen (CSCC) Klinik für Innere Medizin 2, Abteilung Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie Universitätsklinikum Jena

stefan.hagel@med.uni-jena.de0049 (0) 3641 9324590

Outcome results

None listed

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