Cluster Randomized Trial of Hospitals to Assess Impact of Targeted Versus Universal Strategies to Reduce Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs)

Summary

The Randomized Evaluation of Decolonization versus Universal Clearance to Eliminate MRSA (REDUCE MRSA) Trial is a cluster randomized trial of the comparative effectiveness of three strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in intensive care units. The three strategies to be evaluated are: * screening on admission followed by isolation of MRSA+ patients * screening on admission followed by isolation and decolonization of MRSA+ patients * universal decolonization on admission with no screening. The decolonization regimen involves bathing with chlorhexidine plus intra-nasal application of mupirocin. The main outcome will be MRSA+ clinical cultures. The study is a partnership between the CDC, the CDC Prevention Epicenters, and the Hospital Corporation of America.

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2011-09

Completion

2011-09

Publications

• Background Platt R, Takvorian SU, Septimus E, Hickok J, Moody J, Perlin J, Jernigan JA, Kleinman K, Huang SS. Cluster randomized trials in comparative effectiveness research: randomizing hospitals to test methods for prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Med Care. 2010 Jun;48(6 Suppl):S52-7. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181dbebcf.
• Background Huang SS, Septimus E, Platt R. Targeted decolonization to prevent ICU infections. N Engl J Med. 2013 Oct 10;369(15):1470-1. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1309704. No abstract available.
• Results Huang SS, Septimus E, Kleinman K, Moody J, Hickok J, Avery TR, Lankiewicz J, Gombosev A, Terpstra L, Hartford F, Hayden MK, Jernigan JA, Weinstein RA, Fraser VJ, Haffenreffer K, Cui E, Kaganov RE, Lolans K, Perlin JB, Platt R; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program; AHRQ DECIDE Network and Healthcare-Associated Infections Program. Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 13;368(24):2255-65. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1207290. Epub 2013 May 29.

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