CK20-004, Duke-UNC Prevention Epicenter Program for Protecting Patients from Infections, Antibiotics Resistance and Other Adverse Events

CK20-004，杜克大学-北卡罗来纳大学预防震中计划，旨在保护患者免受感染、抗生素耐药性和其他不良事件的影响

• 批准号: 10404899
• 负责人: Deverick John Anderson
• 金额: $ 167.43万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-06-01 至 2026-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10404899
• 关键词: CK20; 004; Duke; UNC; Prevention

Project Summary Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AR) lead to adverse patient outcomes, including increased mortality, morbidity, and length of hospitalization. While progress in prevention is occurring, innovative and improved strategies for prevention of HAIs, AR, and patient harm are needed. The overall objective of this proposal is to identify potential strategies to decrease HAIs and prevent AR emergence, transmission, and acquisition. Our Core Proposal includes 6 unique studies to address 4 specific lines of investigation (specific aims [SA]): environmental disinfection, antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, and community-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection (CA-CDI). These studies will 1) evaluate novel strategies to decrease environmental contamination with opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens related to hospital sinks using a) Pall filters and drain covers (SA1A) and b) engineered plasmids (SA1B); 2) identify and evaluate innovative antimicrobial stewardship (AS) interventions and metrics to decrease AR and patient harm a) at transitions of care (e.g., discharge) in community hospitals (SA2A) and b) related to post-operative antibiotics (SA2B); 3) develop and validate reflex urine culture criteria to guide improved utilization of urine cultures (SA3); and 4) evaluate and determine the contribution of environmental sources on acquisition and occurrence of CA-CDI (SA4). These studies involve patients admitted to community and academic hospitals as well as patients in the community setting. We will achieve this objective by using the strengths of a unique, innovative, and previously successful collaboration between investigators in the Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. We will capitalize on programmatic strengths in both institutions: expertise in environmental disinfection, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, AR, epidemiology, surveillance, and emerging infections; access to large and unique research networks and infrastructure; and proven success with collaborative research involving multiple institutions. All Core Projects proposed in this application represent early stage translational research (T0-T1) with clearly identified “next steps” that will help expedite identification and development of practices that effectively prevent HAIs and AR. In addition, we are proposing 3 Collaborative Projects with other CDC Prevention Epicenters Programs: 1) a cluster randomized non-inferiority crossover trial on the use of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE acquisition (Large); 2) evaluation of the feasibility and utility of robust antibiotic use risk-adjustment machine learning models (Medium); and 3) metagenomic evaluation to determine if and how often endogenous flora contaminate surgical wounds (Small). These studies involve patients admitted to community and academic hospitals. Overall, these studies exemplify our ongoing collaboration between scientists with expertise in T0 metagenomics, bioengineering, and microbiology and researchers with expertise in T1-T2 studies. The contribution of these studies will be significant because they will lead to new strategies to prevent HAIs, AR, and patient harm, thereby improving the health and safety of the US population.

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