Improving Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis by the Use of a Computerized Decision Support System (eSATP)

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Surgery

Treatments: Other: guided antimicrobial prophylaxis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03456635

2016-01881

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the impact of using a computerized decision program on the adequacy of the perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis

Full description

Adequacy rate of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis, helped by a computerized decision support system, according to the internal guidelines considering the aspects: drug choice, dosing, timing, and re-dosing

Enrollment: 20,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All elective & emergency surgeries done by neurosurgery, orthopaedics, cardiovascular and digestive specialties made at University Hospitals of Geneva

Exclusion criteria

• Patients < 40 kgs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20,000 participants in 2 patient groups

usual antimicrobial prophylaxys

No Intervention group

Description:

standard of care: perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis without computerized decision support system

guided antimicrobial prophylaxis

Experimental group

Description:

perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis guided by a computerized decision support system

Treatment:

Other: guided antimicrobial prophylaxis