Helping Hands: Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses

NCT ID: NCT00548015

Last Updated: 2009-10-01

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

900 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-03-31

Study Completion Date

2009-11-30

Brief Summary

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Hand hygiene prescriptions are the most important measure in the prevention of hospital acquired infections. Yet compliance rates are generally below 50% of all opportunities for hand hygiene adherence. This study will test the short- and long term effects of two strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Handwashing

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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State of the Art strategy

education, reminders, performance feedback,

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

state-of-the art strategy and extented strategy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

extended strategy

state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

state-of-the art strategy and extented strategy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

Interventions

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state-of-the art strategy and extented strategy

state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hand hygiene opportunities at the point of patient care

Exclusion Criteria

* Hand hygiene opportunities not concerning patient care like personal hygiene
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Radboud University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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IQ healthcare Radboud University

Principal Investigators

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Theo van Achterberg, PhD RN

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Centre for Quality of Care Research

Locations

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Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

Site Status

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PObox 9101

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

Site Status

Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

Tilburg, , Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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Huis A, Holleman G, van Achterberg T, Grol R, Schoonhoven L, Hulscher M. Explaining the effects of two different strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses: a process evaluation alongside a cluster randomised controlled trial. Implement Sci. 2013 Apr 8;8:41. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-41.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23566429 (View on PubMed)

Huis A, Hulscher M, Adang E, Grol R, van Achterberg T, Schoonhoven L. Cost-effectiveness of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Apr;50(4):518-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.11.016. Epub 2012 Dec 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23245456 (View on PubMed)

Huis A, Schoonhoven L, Grol R, Donders R, Hulscher M, van Achterberg T. Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2013 Apr;50(4):464-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.08.004. Epub 2012 Aug 28.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22939048 (View on PubMed)

Huis A, Schoonhoven L, Grol R, Borm G, Adang E, Hulscher M, van Achterberg T. Helping hands: a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two different strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses. Implement Sci. 2011 Sep 3;6:101. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-101.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21888660 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ZonMw 945-17-101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

RG000279

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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