Cluster Randomized Trial of Hospitals to Assess Impact of Targeted Versus Universal Strategies to Reduce Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

74,256

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2009

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2011

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2011

Conditions
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Interventions
DRUG

Chlorhexidine bath and nasal mupirocin

The intervention / decolonization regimen will consist of the most commonly used topical regimen in the US - a combination of daily baths with 2% chlorhexidine cloths , plus 5 days of topical intranasal mupirocin ointment (bilateral nares, twice daily)

Trial Locations (42)

Unknown

Alaska Regional, Anchorage

Los Robles Hosp & Med Ctr, Thousand Oaks

The Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora

Blake Medical Center, Brandenton

Brandon Hospital, Brandon

Columbia Hosp Corp S Broward (Westside), Fort Lauderdale

Palms West Hospital, Fort Lauderdale

Plantation General, Fort Lauderdale

Regional Med Cr Bayonet Point, Hudson

Largo Medical Center, Largo

Community Hospital, New Port Richey

Orange Park Med Ctr, Orange Park

Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte

Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Sarasota

South Bay Hospital, Sun City Center

Capital Regional Med Ctr, Tallahassee

Coliseum (Macon) Northside, Macon

Coliseum Medical Center, Macon

Cartersville Medical Center, Tucker

Eastern Idaho Reg Med Ctr, Idaho Falls

Garden Park Medical Center, Gulfport

Lee's Summit Medical Center, Kansas City

Menorah Medical Center, Kansas City

Overland Park Regional Hospital, Kansas City

Research Belton Hospital, Kansas City

Moutainview Medical Center, Las Vegas

Parkland Medical Center, Derry

Oklahoma University Medical Center, Oklahoma City

Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach

Parkridge Medical Center, Chattanooga

Centennial Medical Center, Nashville

Stonecrest, Smyrna

St. David's Medical Center, Austin

Del Sol Medical Center, El Paso

Las Palmas Medical Center, El Paso

Medical Center of Plano, Plano

Methodist Hospital, San Antonio

Clear Lake Regional, Webster

Montgomery Regional Hospital, Blacksburg

Columbia Alleghany Regional Hospital, Low Moor

Pulaski Community Hospital, Pulaski

Chippenham Johnston Willis, Richmond

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

FED

collaborator

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

collaborator

Hospital Corporation of America

INDUSTRY

collaborator

University of California, Irvine

OTHER

collaborator

Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute

UNKNOWN

lead

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

OTHER