A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Hand Hygiene

NCT ID: NCT00375037

Last Updated: 2018-10-26

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-01-31

Study Completion Date

2008-07-31

Brief Summary

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This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effect of a multifaceted intervention including performance feedback on adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers. A key component of the study is to demonstrate whether improved adherence to hand hygiene leads to a reduction in rates of infection.

Detailed Description

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A cluster randomized controlled trial of the intervention will be conducted where hospital units (wards) in three hospitals will be allocated to either the intervention or usual practise. We will stratify by hospital site in order to minimize confounding by hospital-level factors. The unit of allocation, intervention, and analysis will be at the level of the hospital unit. Thirty hospital units will be randomized to either the intervention or comparison arm. We will compare adherence to hand hygiene, MRSA rates, and other outcomes between the two study arms.

Conditions

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Handwashing Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hand hygiene

Hand hygiene promotion

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

usual care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion: pediatric units, neonatal intensive care units

B. Healthcare workers

Inclusion: any hospital staff with direct patient care who are affiliated with a single unit (includes registered nurses, nursing assistants, environmental aides, allied health professionals (occupational, physical, and respiratory therapists), and some physicians

C. Patients Clinical outcomes will be measured in patients on study units.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Mark B Loeb, MD, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hamilton Health Sciences- McMaster University

Locations

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Hamilton General Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

McMaster University Medical Centre

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Henderson Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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05-277

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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