Preventability of Infections in Residents of French Nursing Homes

Impact of a Multifaceted Intervention on the Preventability of Infections in Residents of French Nursing Homes: Cluster-randomised Controlled Trial (ENLIL Study)

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01069497

Acronym

ENLIL

Enrollment

3500

Registered

2010-02-17

Start date

2009-11-30

Completion date

2010-04-30

Last updated

2010-02-17

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Conditions

Infection Control

Keywords

Infection control, Urinary Tract Infections, Respiratory Tract Infections

Brief summary

STUDY HYPOTHESIS : An infection prevention program adapted for the nursing home context can reduce by 5% the number of infections (urinary, upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal) in elderly residents in nursing homes. STUDY DESIGN : The proposal is for an interventional cluster (nursing home) study comprising 2 randomized groups: group 1 (interventional), comprising 25 nursing homes implementing a specific infection prevention program; and group 2 (control), 25 nursing homes continuing to implement their routine prevention measures.

Interventions

OTHERPrevention of infections program

The intervention mainly involves implementing urinary, respiratory and gastrointestinal infection prevention measures. Study nursing home medical coordinators will be in charge of training their own teams. For this, they will be provided with: * a slide-show of recommendations (commented by an expert), * recommendations guides (on paper and on computer) to be shown to their teams. Means will be provided to the intervention nursing homes : Hydro-alcoholic solutions, disinfectant detergent-impregnated tissues, mouth care kits, tec.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Nursing homes which contain a medical coordinator and at least one nurse and/or nursing auxiliary. * Nursing Homes located in France (North-West) * All the residents present or entering the facility during the study period

Exclusion criteria

* Nursing homes where a prevention program has already been implemented

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of infections (urinary, upper and lower respiratory and gastrointestinal) in elderly residents in nursing homes	every month

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Number of death	every month
Number of hospitalizations	every month
Number of of prescriptions for antimicrobials	every month

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 26, 2026