Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:28 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:28 AM
NCT ID:
NCT04078594
Brief Summary:
Screening for sepsis has been recommended by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Clinical Practice Guidelines to facilitate early identification and early management of sepsis. However, the optimal tool remains unknown.The objective of this trial is to examine the effect of an electronic sepsis alert tool on reducing hospital mortailty in patients admitted to medical-surgical-oncology wards.
Detailed Description:
The study aims to examine the effect of screening for sepsis using an electronic sepsis alert versus no alert in hospitalized patients admitted to wards using an active sepsis alert system compared with wards with no active (masked) sepsis alert system on hospital mortality by day 90.
The wards will be randomized in a stepped-wedge cluster fashion.
Study:
NCT04078594
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04078594