NCT04075344

Effect of a Infection Control Program on the Reduction of Bacterial Contamination on NG Tube Feeding in RCHEs

Status unknown NA Last updated 3 September 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Multimodal Infection control programme in Infection, Bacterial in 67 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

2 September 2019

Primary endpoint
29 April 2020

29 April 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Chinese University of Hong Kong
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	67
Start date	2 September 2019
Primary completion	29 April 2020
Estimated completion	29 April 2020

Drugs / interventions tested

• Multimodal Infection control programme

Conditions studied

• Infection, Bacterial — all drugs for Infection, Bacterial →

Sponsor

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Infection, Bacterial. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Septicaemia is a potential complication of nasogastric (NG) tube feeding contamination (Leanne, 2014; Anderton, 2000) and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in residential care home for elders ( RCHEs) (Leanne, 2014). Although health workers (HWs) and personal care workers (PCWs) are responsible for NG tube feeding and direct care to the residents who are fed by NG tube feeding under supervision of registered nurses (RNs) and enrolled nurses (ENs) in RCHEs, HWs and PCWs unfortunately receive limited training regarding infection control (Ho et al., 2012; NICE, 2012; Duckro et al., 2009; Bankhead et al., 2009). A multimodal ICP could reduce the incidence of NG tube feeding contamination by improving the knowledge and skills of RCHE staff members regarding NG tube feeding (Ho et al., 2012). However, because the intervention described by Ho et al. (2012) was not administered in a randomised manner, potential confounders that could affect the outcomes of interest were not adjusted. To overcome that limitation, the proposed work will establish a well-designed multimodal ICP and explore the effectiveness of this intervention in terms of enhancing the knowledge and skills regarding NG tube feeding of RCHE staff members and consequently reducing NG tube feeding contamination after adjusting for potentially important baseline factors.

The proposed research objectives are as follows:

1. To explore the effectiveness of a multimodal ICP for reducing bacterial contamination, as measured by the total bacterial counts on NG tube hubs and fingertips on both hands of RCHEs staff, as well as in enteral milk; and
2. To investigate the effectiveness of a multimodal ICP for improving the knowledge and skills of RCHEs staff members regarding infection control measures during NG tube feeding in RCHEs setting.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.