Mogensen, Christian B. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8254-089X
Skjøt-Arkil, Helene
Lassen, Annmarie T.
Johansen, Isik S.
Chen, Ming
Petersen, Poul
Andersen, Karen V.
Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend
Møller, Jørn M.
Ludwig, Marc
Fuglsang-Damgaard, David
Nielsen, Finn
Petersen, Dan B.
Jensen, Ulrich S.
Rosenvinge, Flemming S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Denmark (j.nr. 1608967)
Region of Southern Denmark (17/15637)
Article History
Received: 16 March 2018
Accepted: 10 August 2018
First Online: 20 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The project is approved by the Regional Committees on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark (no S-20170182), registered by the Danish Data Protection Agency (Journal nr. 17/44444) and by ExternalRef removed (NCT03352167).Oral and written participant information is prepared and accepted by the Regional Ethics committee guidelines for this.Collecting the samples can be slightly unpleasant for the patients but do not pose a health risk. The procedures will be performed in single rooms to secure privacy.Patients who meet national and/or local requirements for examination of resistant bacteria/CD screening must have the procedures performed concurrently and independently of the project.There are no further patient contact in the study unless the patients request to be informed about the results of the microbiological tests. If this is the case the patients will be contacted digitally by a Danish secured mail distribution system used by public authorities and hospitals. If the microbiological tests reveal resistant bacteria where the hospitals have a duty of notification (MRSA) the patient will also be informed. In these situations the patients will be recommended to contact their general practitioner and have the test repeated. The patient will receive contact information to a specialist in infectious diseases for further information.Informed written consent with signature will be obtained from all participants before inclusion in the study. The patients have the right of revocation and the patient data will be deleted from the study.
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