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

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

22,302

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2010

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2014

Conditions
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Interventions
DRUG

Decolonization

5 day regimen of mupirocin calcium 2% twice daily to the nares and any open wound plus bath or shower with 4% chlorhexidine used as a liquid soap

Trial Locations (1)

60201

NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute, Evanston

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

FED

lead

Endeavor Health

OTHER