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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00157625
Date of registration: 07/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Public title: Automatic Stop Orders for Urinary Catheters
Scientific title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Automatic Stop Orders for Urinary Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients
Date of first enrolment: April 2003
Target sample size: 630
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00157625
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:   Mark B Loeb, MD MSc FRCPC
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Affiliation:  McMaster University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Urinary catheter for less than 48hrs

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient with symptomatic urinary tract infection

- Latex allergy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Urinary Tract Infections
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Automatic stop order
Primary Outcome(s)
Urinary tract infections
Secondary Outcome(s)
antimicrobial use,
bacteremia (blood-stream) infection secondary to urinary tract infection,
cost
days of indwelling urinary catheterization,
isolation of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria from catheterized urine,
symptomatic urinary tract infection,
Secondary ID(s)
03-24
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
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