Reducing Visitors- and Personnel-associated Infection Risk on Perinatal Care Station

NCT ID: NCT03032887

Last Updated: 2019-04-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-03-31

Study Completion Date

2019-04-30

Brief Summary

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The rate of infectious diseases (amnioninfection syndrome (AIS), fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS), early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS)) in perinatal care / neonatology is steadily rising in Germany. The hands of the staff and visitors are the most important transmission vehicle of pathogens. Hence hand hygiene is one of the most important measures for the prevention of hospital infections. The different measures of hand hygiene serve to protect against the spread of contamination of the skin with obligate or potentially pathogenic pathogens. Since the use of antibiotics is generally only possible to a limited extent (especially in pregnant women and neonates in perinatal care centers) the primary prophylactic measures are of great importance.

While the importance of hand disinfection in the staff has been undisputed, there is no data on the rate of hand disinfection for visitors of perinatal care centers. Visitor at these stations are common non-compliant persons (especially children!). On the other hand, pregnant women and young mothers and newborn babies are "exposed" to a large number of visitors compared to other stations.

The investigators examine whether special measures (such as voice prompts) have a positive effect on the rate of performed hand disinfections or consecutively on the infection rate.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hygiene

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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voice prompts

Agitation (education, reminders and optimising materials) plus voice prompts

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

voice prompts

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

voice prompts on disinfectant dispenser

agitation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education, reminders and optimising materials

no voice prompts

only Agitation (education, reminders and optimising materials); no voice prompts

Group Type OTHER

agitation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Education, reminders and optimising materials

Interventions

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voice prompts

voice prompts on disinfectant dispenser

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

agitation

Education, reminders and optimising materials

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Minimum age: 7 years
* informed consent
* Member of target group: Visitor or staff

Exclusion Criteria

* Insufficient language skills
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gregor Seliger

Chief resident

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Maternity Clinic/Perinatal Treatment Center, university hospital, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Birnbach DJ, Nevo I, Barnes S, Fitzpatrick M, Rosen LF, Everett-Thomas R, Sanko JS, Arheart KL. Do hospital visitors wash their hands? Assessing the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer in a hospital lobby. Am J Infect Control. 2012 May;40(4):340-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.05.006. Epub 2011 Aug 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21864941 (View on PubMed)

Tromp M, Huis A, de Guchteneire I, van der Meer J, van Achterberg T, Hulscher M, Bleeker-Rovers C. The short-term and long-term effectiveness of a multidisciplinary hand hygiene improvement program. Am J Infect Control. 2012 Oct;40(8):732-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.009. Epub 2012 Jan 30.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22285710 (View on PubMed)

Swoboda SM, Earsing K, Strauss K, Lane S, Lipsett PA. Isolation status and voice prompts improve hand hygiene. Am J Infect Control. 2007 Sep;35(7):470-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.09.009.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17765560 (View on PubMed)

Huis A, van Achterberg T, de Bruin M, Grol R, Schoonhoven L, Hulscher M. A systematic review of hand hygiene improvement strategies: a behavioural approach. Implement Sci. 2012 Sep 14;7:92. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-92.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22978722 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Hygienic voice

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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