Heel gewoon, Handen schoon” onderzoek.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Hand hygiene, gastro-intestinal infections, respiratory infections, child day care centres, infection control
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27761
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center in collaboration with the Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria for the children:
1. Between 6 months and 3,5 years old;
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria for the children:
1. Chronic illness or medication that would predispose them to infection;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Observed compliance rates of both caregivers and children. The compliance rate is operationalized as the number of correct hand hygiene practices (i.e. hand washing with soap and water followed by hand drying, or using hand alcohol) divided by the number of opportunities for hand hygiene according to the Dutch national guidelines.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence rate ratio of diarrhoea and upper respiratory tract infections in children in the participating day care centres/groups (i.e. incidence rate in intervention centres divided by incidence rate in control centres).