Improved Use of Antibiotic Guidelines in Hospital Environment

Improved Use of Antibiotic Guidelines in in Hospital Environment: Research on an Implementation Model and the Role of the Hospital Pharmacist.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00512772

Enrollment

823

Registered

2007-08-08

Start date

2007-10-31

Completion date

2010-07-31

Last updated

2010-12-20

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Conditions

Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Keywords

Time series, Implementation

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of antibiotic guidelines and thus antibiotics can be improved through a description of possible barriers leading to tailored interventions.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosed community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) * Diagnosed community-acquired pyelonephritis

Exclusion criteria

* CAP: hospital-acquired pneumonia; patients transferred from other hospital; death within 24h, aspiration pneumonia, immunocompromised status, palliative status, admission due to social reasons * Pyelonephritis: urinary tract with functional or physical abnormalities, urinary catheterisation, pregnancy, (immunocompromised status, palliative status, admission due to social reasons and history of renal transplant.

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results