A randomised crossover trial of staff time with proned patients in the ICU using the ‘BathMat’
This is the first clinical trial of a device specifically designed to improve the quality of patient care delivered and improve the staffing resources required to care for proned ICU patients. The impact potential for patients and staff is significant, through liberation of staff, improved manual handling, and risk mitigation for proned patients. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06844617. Registered on Jan. 19, 2025. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06844617.
Authors
- Andy Georgiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5565-558X)
- Heide Mills
- Theresa Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-3864)
- Alexander J.G. Lunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3340-6413)
- Alistair Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1437-2289)
- Jerome Condry
- Anders Vangsgaard
Institutions
- Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trials
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09221-x
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Invention for Innovation