Hospital program to reduce unnecessary lung culture tests in kids
Part of Infections, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial studies a hospital quality-improvement program that aims to use fewer “respiratory culture” tests in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). It may help reduce unnecessary testing while maintaining good care for critically ill children.
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Who can take part
- Your child’s hospital (institution) plans to start a quality-improvement program in a Pediatric ICU.
- The goal must be to reduce the use of respiratory culture tests in the PICU.
- The program needs to be developed and implemented by your hospital.
- This trial is about the hospital’s practices, not an individual medication for you.
- If your hospital does not plan this PICU quality-improvement program, the trial does not enroll.
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