The Safety Integration Stakeholders (SAINTS) Program to Integrate Worker and Patient Safety in Oregon Rural Hospitals
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: SAINTS program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Accidental Falls, Injuries. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Safety Integration Stakeholders: A Randomized Control Trial to Minimize Patient Fall Risk and Reduce Patient-assist Injuries Among Critical Access Hospital Staff
Overview
The safety integration stakeholders (saints) program to integrate worker and patient safety in Oregon rural hospitals. The rationale is that the saints program will positively impact outcomes by identifying and training peer leaders on strategies to optimize environmental, administrative, and educational components to become a saint and regularly collaborate with safety stakeholders/administrative leaders at each site through continuous improvement cycles (e.g. plan-do-study-act).
Detailed description
SAINTs program will follow a semi-structured, block randomized control design along with a multi-method process evaluation to identify the extent to which the program was delivered as planned and if it led to the adoption of preventative measures. RCT measures will consist of pre/post survey data (at 6 months, 12 months and 24 months) hosted through REDCap and available via link. Additional secondary, de-identified data in aggregate (e.g. # of patient falls, # of worker compensation claims) will supplement survey data. Process evaluation will consist of implementation logs and interviews with key players (safety and quality officers, front-line peer leaders). The semi-structured design allows for customization among different rural healthcare sites that will have unique resources and needs, therefore requiring unique, tailored solutions. The combination of qualitative and quantitative. The SAINTS program will be implemented in four stages. 1) involvement of patient and worker safety stakeholders (e.g., Employee Health and Safety Officer, Quality Director, unit medical directors), 2) use of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to identify peer-recognized safety leaders; 3) training modules to stakeholders on safety leadership, and 4)in implementation of QI cycles to address barriers to safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM).
Interventions
- Other SAINTS program
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Primary outcome measures
- Safety participation [Time frame: Baseline and 12-month follow up surveys]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Employed at participating sites (critical-access hospitals in rural Oregon)
- Patient-care workers (e.g. RNs, CNAs)
Exclusion criteria
- Non-clinical staff (e.g. clerical, janitorial)
- Non-unit staff (e.g. physical therapy)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06302088 · STUDY00026205