Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene: Three Steps and 15 Seconds

NCT ID: NCT04102488

Last Updated: 2020-04-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-15

Study Completion Date

2020-02-21

Brief Summary

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This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Detailed Description

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The WHO guideline recommends 30 seconds for application of hand rub, however, mean bacterial reduction after 15 seconds of hand rubbing has been recently shown to be non-inferior and shortening application time to 15 seconds has been suggested to improve the frequency of hand hygiene actions in a neonatal care unit. This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Conditions

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Hand Hygiene

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

two different hand hygiene techniques (six steps and three steps) and two different application times for hand rub (30 seconds and 15 seconds)
Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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6-step hygiene technique, application time of 30 seconds

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

6-step hygiene technique, application time of 15 seconds

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

3-step hygiene technique, application time of 30 seconds

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

3-step hygiene technique, application time of 15 seconds

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Interventions

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Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Medical students are eligible for participation
* Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* No signed informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

31 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Andreas Widmer, Prof. Dr. MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Basel, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology

Locations

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Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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2019-01518; me19Widmer

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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