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NCT Number: NCT03950921

Pilot Testing a Patient Safety Display in the Hospital Setting

This is a feasibility pilot study to introduce and evaluate an intervention designed to increase clinician awareness of their patients' urinary catheters, vascular catheters, and pressure injuries. This intervention, the "Patient Safety Display" will be evaluated in one hospital unit.

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Key information

Conditions

Catheter-Related Infections Infections Pressure Injury Pressure Ulcer Skin Diseases Skin Ulcer Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital, Michigan Medicine

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

About this study

This project will introduce and evaluate an intervention designed to increase clinician awareness of their patients' urinary catheters, vascular catheters, and pressure injuries. A "Patient Safety Display" will be implemented in half of the patient rooms in one hospital unit. The Patient Safety Display will display catheter and pressure injury data pulled real-time from the electronic medical record onto a tablet mounted at the patient bedside.

This is an intervention-control design study that will be conducted with patients and clinicians at Michigan Medicine. The proposed intervention, the Patient Safety Display, will provide clinicians with key catheter and skin information at the bedside when pertinent clinical decisions are being made.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Hospitalized in specific hospital unit of interest or providers caring for patient in that unit

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients not in unit of interest and providers not caring for patients on that unit

Treatment and study plan

Patient Safety Display

Behavioral

Digital display of catheter and pressure injury information in patient hospital room

Primary outcomes

  1. Urinary catheter awareness

    Time frame: 4 months

    Proportion of physicians and advanced practice providers aware of their patients' indwelling urinary catheters; measured via survey

  2. Central venous catheter awareness

    Time frame: 4 months

    Proportion of physicians and advanced practice providers aware of their patients' central venous catheters; measured via survey

  3. Pressure injury awareness

    Time frame: 4 months

    Proportion of physicians and advanced practice providers aware of their patients' pressure injuries; measured via survey

Secondary outcomes

  1. Urinary catheter usage

    Time frame: 4 months

    Urinary catheter usage rates, as documented in the electronic medical record

  2. CAUTI

    Time frame: 4 months

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) rates, as collected for routine National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) reporting

  3. Central venous catheter usage

    Time frame: 4 months

    Central venous catheter usage rates, as documented in the electronic medical record

  4. CLABSI

    Time frame: 4 months

    Central-line associated urinary tract infections (CLABSI) rates, as collected for routine NHSN reporting

  5. Pressure injuries

    Time frame: 4 months

    Pressure injury incidence, as documented in the electronic medical record

  6. Pressure injury care

    Time frame: 4 months

    Rates of pressure injury care practices (i.e., wound team consults, specialty bed orders, use of repositioning devices) as reported in the electronic medical record

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

Other

Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Registry information

Official study title

Improving Risk Detection and Communication to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
May 15, 2019
Registry last updated
Nov 1, 2019

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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