Detection, Education, Research and Decolonization Without Isolation in Long-term Care Facilities

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Our hypothesis for the DERAIL MRSA program is that one can safely remove the colonization risk from nearly all residents (patients) in a way that does not interfere with the desired life-style for persons in these facilities and thereby reduce the risk of infection and lower the cost of care by avoiding preventable disease.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: NorthShore University HealthSystem; NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute
• Collaborator: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Treatments: Mupirocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients in 18 LTCF nursing units randomly selected as intervention or control units

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients that choose not to be included in the program