NCT03036449

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an educational program for caregivers associated with convenient tools is effective to reduce medication preparation and administration errors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
5,143

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Nov 2017

Geographic Reach
1 country

3 active sites

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 23, 2016

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 30, 2017

Completed
10 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

November 13, 2017

Completed
1.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

March 17, 2019

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

March 17, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

May 13, 2020

Status Verified

May 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

1.3 years

First QC Date

December 23, 2016

Last Update Submit

May 12, 2020

Conditions

Keywords

Medication errorsPatient safety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Medication administration error rates in the patients

    Assessment of the efficacy of the intervention on reducing the rates of medication administration errors. Error rate: Number of identified errors/Number of observed acts of administration\*100, measured by direct observation of nurse's acts by specifically trained external observers.

    Baseline and up to 49 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Levels of safety culture among the caregivers (Nurses)

    Baseline and up to 49 weeks

  • Levels of medication errors reported by caregivers.

    Baseline and up to 49 weeks

  • Acceptance of the educational program

    Baseline and up to 49 weeks

Study Arms (3)

A

Group A: Phase 1: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 2: Main Educational program; Phase 3: Observations; Phase 4: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 5: Observations; Phase 6: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 7: Observations; Phase 8: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 9: Observations.

Behavioral: Education program for NICU caregivers.

B

Group B: Phase 1: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 2: No intervention; Phase 3: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 4: Main Educational program; Phase 5: Observations; Phase 6: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 7: Observations; Phase 8: Maintenance Educational program; Phase 9: Observations.

Behavioral: Education program for NICU caregivers.

C

Group C: Phase 1: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 2: No intervention; Phase 3: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 4: No intervention; Phase 5: Observations (Baseline rate of errors); Phase 6: Main educational program; Phase 7: Observations; Phase 8: Maintenance educational program; Phase 9: Observations.

Behavioral: Education program for NICU caregivers.

Interventions

Intervention includes a main initial educational program, maintenance education programs and tools supply \- Main educational program will include 9 hours of courses into NICU (1 hour each week) and @ learning modules validation. Topics: Main causes of medication errors, How to analyse retrospectively medication errors, Strategies to reduce medication errors, How to improve communication between health professional; Task interruption; Standardisation of preparation….. * Maintenance education program will return on specific topics of main program and will be fitted to each NICU needs. * Examples of Tools: check lists, medication neonatal formulary, "Sound alike" and "Look alike" drug lists…

ABC

Eligibility Criteria

AgeUp to 2 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

Patients less than 2 years old, hospitalized in the intensive care during the observation periods and receiving drugs.

You may qualify if:

  • All nurses working in the intensive care units in the day time.

You may not qualify if:

  • Nurses working as a float or pool nurses.
  • Nurses working at night.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (3)

Service de pédiatrie - Hôpital Pellegrin

Bordeaux, 33000, France

Location

CHU Côte de Nacre

Caen, 14033, France

Location

CHU de Rouen

Rouen, 76031, France

Location

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 23, 2016

First Posted

January 30, 2017

Study Start

November 13, 2017

Primary Completion

March 17, 2019

Study Completion

March 17, 2019

Last Updated

May 13, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

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