Coatings in health care

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalOverview of Medical Research in the Netherlands
Year 2017
INTERVENTION: In every hospital 2 rooms will be treated with an TiO2‐based coating system to prevent microbiological colonisation of contact surfaces. Two rooms will recieve a sham‐coating without TiO2, a placebo like approach. Rooms are located on the same department next to eachother. Patients are placed in patient rooms at random, since coating is regarded as safe and no intervention in patient treatment is introduced. CONDITION: Microflora, Antimicrobial prophylaxis ; ; PRIMARY OUTCOME: A reduction in presence of pathogenic micro‐organisms in the room of the patient SECONDARY OUTCOME: A reduction in presence of micro‐organisms in the room of the patient. ; INCLUSION CRITERIA: None
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