Effectiveness of a Online Training Program With a Clinical Procedure Standardized in Units of Nursing (CPSUN)

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study evaluates if the implementation of an online platform with procedures and protocols, improve the knowledge of professionals and can have a health impact related to decreased contamination of blood cultures.

Detailed Description
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This is a Quasi-experimental study, with parallel groups (experimental and control). The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an Online Learning Platform used by nurses to improve the results of a blood culture technique. The online learning tool is studied in two of four internal medicine units of a tertiary hospital in Madrid. These two units have similar characteristics of personnel, materials and structure. Both units are at a great distance, preventing a professional talk to each other.

Official Title
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Effectiveness of a Online Training Program With a Clinical Procedure Standardized: Blood Culture in Units of Nursing. Quasi-experimental Study

Conditions
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Infection Control, Preventive Measures

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Online training of a nursing technique


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Be nurse of the nursing unit selected. Foreseeing to remain in service during the study. Acceptance of voluntary participation in the study, prior information. Signature of informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: Those professionals who for reasons beyond their control are transferred to other services or are on leave (in any form). They can not complete the various phases of the study. Professionals who, for whatever reason, decide to withdraw their consent to participate in the study.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 22 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Online training of a nursing technique<br>Participants receives an individual online training of extraction of blood culture for 3 months (This platform aims to improve knowledge and skills), they are sent 3 homework (one per month) and are evaluated at the end of each. | Procedure: Online training of a nursing technique<br>* The professionals with participant in the experimental arm receive an online training of a technique of extraction of blood culture and other arm the professionals no receive any training. They work as usual.<br>* Other names: Elsevier Clinical Skills;|
| No Intervention: not receive online training<br>Participants don´t receives an individual online training of extraction of blood culture.Do their work as usual. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of Contaminated Cultures in the Control and Experimental Group Before Intervention and After the Learning Obtained With the Online Training Platform. | The results obtained in each arm of the study are collected month by month in both groups (Experimental and control). The data for each month are summarized for 6 months, reporting the pre-intervention result (for both groups: experimental and control). The data collected during the 3 months following the intervention are also summed during the 3 months, giving a value at the end of this time (month 9 of the study). | assessed monthly, month 6 and 9 reported. | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Score on the Knowledge Test Related to Blood Culture Extraction Technique for Nurses (K-Blood-CT) | The improvement in the learning of the technique is measured with a test with 20 questions created ad hoc related of blood culture intervention (Blood culture collection knowledge test for nurses). The score ranges from 0 points (worst level of knowledge) to 10 points (best level of knowledge). The results can be divided into intervals: 0-2.99 very deficient; 3- 4.99 insufficient; 5-6.9 good; 7-8.9 notable; > 9 outstanding. | 6 month and 9 month of study. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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nursery care, nursery infection, online learning