Hand Hygiene Intervention Study in Finnish Garrison

NCT ID: NCT01887730

Last Updated: 2018-08-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

SUSPENDED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-01-31

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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In this study the investigators aim to elucidate the possibility to reduce occurrence of infectious diseases in a garrison with enhanced and guided hand hygiene. The investigators will study occurrence and transmission of infections. In addition, the investigators will find out the causative agents of infections in a garrison with virological analyses of naso-pharyngeal and fecal specimens. The costs of lost service days and other expenses due to infectious diseases will be evaluated with a cost analysis study.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Infections

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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arm 2

Hand washing with soap and water according to instructions. The effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Hand washing with soap and water

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Can infections be prevented by hand washing with soap and water

arm 0

No specific advice on hand hygiene. The effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Arm 3

Hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Can infections be prevented by hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub. Effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections

Interventions

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Hand washing with soap and water

Can infections be prevented by hand washing with soap and water

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub

Can infections be prevented by hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub. Effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* willingness to attend to the study

Exclusion Criteria

* skin diseases which prevent using hand disinfectants
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Finnish Defense Forces

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carita Savolainen-Kopra

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Locations

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Vekaranjärvi garrison

Kouvola, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

Other Identifiers

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THL/81/6.05.00/2012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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