Preventability of Infections in Residents of French Nursing Homes (ENLIL)

Observatoire du Risque Infectieux en Gériatrie

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infection Control

Treatments: Other: Prevention of infections program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01069497

V15

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 3,500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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3,500 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Nursing Homes

Experimental group

Description:

Comprising 24 nursing homes implementing a specific infection prevention program

Treatment:

Other: Prevention of infections program

Usual care Nursing Homes

No Intervention group