An investigation into hand decontaminatio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hand decontamination; Infections and Infestations

• Registration Number: ISRCTN99277634
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 3 April 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 184

Inclusion Criteria

1. All healthcare workers likely to be working on the ward for the duration of the study will be invited to participate. This will include members of staff such as nurses, medical staff (consultant staff junior doctors) healthcare assistants, ancillary staff eg physiotherapists, occupational therapists. The medical staff participating in the study will either be working as part of the surgical team or the orthopaedic team on the relevant wards, they may also visit patients on other wards but this is likely to be roughly equal for each group participating.
2. Each potential participant will be identified by the ward managers and letter from the researcher inviting them to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided at time of registration

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified