Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE Infection) Trial



Status:Active, not recruiting
Conditions:Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease, Hospital
Therapuetic Areas:Immunology / Infectious Diseases, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:12 - Any
Updated:1/20/2018
Start Date:April 2014
End Date:December 2019

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of Hospitals to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Readmissions Through Routine Bathing With Antiseptic Soap and Targeted Use of Nasal Antibiotic Ointment (ABATE Infection Trial)

The ABATE Infection Project is a cluster randomized trial of hospitals to compare two quality
improvement strategies to reduce multi-drug resistant organisms and healthcare-associated
infections in non-critical care units. The two strategies to be evaluated are:

- Arm 1: Routine Care Routine policy for showering/bathing

- Arm 2: Decolonization Use of chlorhexidine as routine soap for showering or bed bathing
for all patients Mupirocin x 5 days if MRSA+ by history, culture, or screen

Note that enrolled "subjects" represents 53 individual HCA Hospitals (representing ~190
non-critical care units) that have been randomized.


Inclusion Criteria:

- All HCA hospitals that reside in the United States

- Note: Unit of randomization is the hospital, but the participants are hospital units

Exclusion Criteria:

- Non-critical care units where chlorhexidine bathing or decolonization for MRSA+
non-critical care patients is routine

- Pediatric, peri-partum, rehabilitation, psychiatry, and BMT units

- Units with >30% cardiac or hip/knee orthopedic surgeries

- Unit average length of stay <2 days

- Patients <12 years-old

- Patients with known allergy to mupirocin or chlorhexidine
We found this trial at
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Las Colinas Medical Center
Irving, Texas 75039
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St. David's Medical Center
Austin, Texas 78705
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Blake Medical Center
Bradenton, Florida 34209
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Bradenton, FL
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Valley Regional Medical Center
Brownsville, Texas 78526
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Brownsville, TX
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Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville, Georgia 30120
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Cartersville, GA
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Parkridge Medical Center
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404
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Parkridge East Hospital
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37412
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Conroe Regional Medical Center
Conroe, Texas 77304
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Conroe, TX
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Corpus Christi Medical Center
Corpus Christi, Texas 78411
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Parkland Medical Center
Derry, New Hampshire 03038
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Derry, NH
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TriStar Horizon Medical Center
Dickson, Tennessee 37055
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Dickson, TN
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Las Palmas Medical Center
El Paso, Texas 79902
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El Paso, TX
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Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
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Fort Worth, TX
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Garden Park Medical Center
Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
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Gulfport, MS
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Hendersonville Medical Center
Hendersonville, Tennessee 37075
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Hendersonville, TN
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Summit Medical Center
Hermitage, Tennessee 37076
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Hermitage, TN
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John Randolph Medical Center
Hopewell, Virginia 23860
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Hopewell, VA
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Research Medical Center
2316 E Meyer Blvd
Kansas City, Missouri 64132
(816) 276-4000
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Kingwood Medical Center
Kingwood, Texas
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Kingwood, TX
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Osceola Regional Med Ctr
Kissimmee, Florida 34741
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Kissimmee, FL
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Regional Medical center of Acadiana
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506
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MountainView Hospital-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128
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Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
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Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lee's Summit, Missouri 64063
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Northeast Methodist Hospital
Live Oak, Texas 78233
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Live Oak, TX
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LewisGale Hospital-Alleghany
Low Moor, Virginia 24457
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Low Moor, VA
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Palms West Hospital
13001 Southern Boulevard
Loxahatchee Groves, Florida 33470
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Loxahatchee Groves, FL
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Coliseum Northside Hospital
Macon, Georgia 31210
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Macon, GA
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Rio Grande Regional Hospital
McAllen, Texas 78503
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McAllen, TX
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North Hills Hospital
North Richland Hills, Texas 76180
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North Richland Hills, TX
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Orange Park Medical Center
Orange Park, Florida 32073
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Orange Park, FL
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Timpanogos Regional Hospital
750 West 800 North
Orem, Utah 84057
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Orem, UT
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Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Overland Park, Kansas 66215
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Overland Park, KS
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West Florida Hospital
Pensacola, Florida 32514
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The Medical Center of Plano
Plano, Texas 75075
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Plano, TX
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Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
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Portsmouth, NH
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Reston Hospital Center
Reston, Virginia 20190
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Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia 23225
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Henrico Doctor's Hospital
Richmond, Virginia 23294
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Northside Hospital
Saint Petersburg, Florida 33709
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Saint Petersburg, FL
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St. Petersburg General Hospital
6500 38th Avenue North
Saint Petersburg, Florida 33710
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Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital
San Antonio, Texas 78229
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San Antonio, TX
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Methodist Texsan Hospital
San Antonio, Texas 78201
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San Antonio, TX
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Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, Texas 78229
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Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
San Antonio, Texas 78258
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Eastside Medical Center
Snellville, Georgia 30078
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South Bay Hospital
Sun City Center, Florida 33573
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North Suburban Medical Center
9191 Grant St
Thornton, Colorado 80229
(303) 451-7800
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Colleton Medical Center
Walterboro, South Carolina 29488
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Clear Lake Regional Medical Center
Webster, Texas 77598
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West Hills Hospital & Medical Center
West HillS, California 91307
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West Palm Hospital
West Palm Beach, Florida 33407
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