New nursing strategy aims to cut ICU infections
NCT ID NCT07656363
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a bundle nursing intervention for ICU patients with devices like catheters or ventilators. The intervention combined targeted infection monitoring, teamwork, and specific care steps. Researchers compared infection rates, antibiotic use, and hospital stay between the intervention group and a group receiving routine care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- bundle nursing intervention (targeted surveillance, multidisciplinary collaboration, and care bundles)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could reduce infections, antibiotic use, and hospital stays for ICU patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center, completed study with 120 participants. Results may not apply to other hospitals or patient groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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120 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 86 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Length of ICU stay ≥48 hours * receipt of at least one invasive device operation (urinary catheter, ventilator, or central venous catheter \[CVC\]) * age ≥18 years * signed informed consent by the patient or family member (authorized representative for patients with impaired consciousness) Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of DAI at admission; * failure to complete at least one targeted surveillance indicator record during hospitalization * voluntary discharge or loss to follow-up after transfer * combination of severe immunodeficiency diseases (e.g., AIDS, long-term use of immunosuppressants after organ transplantation)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Qinhuangdao First Hospital
Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066000, China
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