Hand Hygiene Intervention Study in Finnish Garrison

Not Applicable

Suspended

• Conditions: Infections
• Interventions: Behavioral: Hand washing with soap and water; Behavioral: Hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub; Behavioral: Control

• Registration Number: NCT01887730
• Lead Sponsor: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Brief Summary

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

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-01
• Study First Submitted: 2013-06-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-06-24
• Study First Posted: 2013-06-27
• Primary Completion: 2013-09
• Status Verified: 2018-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 2018-08-27
• Study Completion: 2020-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: SUSPENDED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1120

Inclusion Criteria

• willingness to attend to the study

Exclusion Criteria

• skin diseases which prevent using hand disinfectants

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
arm 2	Hand washing with soap and water	Hand washing with soap and water according to instructions. The effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections.
Arm 3	Hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub	Hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub
arm 0	Control	No specific advice on hand hygiene. The effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of infection episodes during basic training period. The periods when a person has been in duty in spite of the infection will be included.	8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Length of distinct infection episodes due to infectious disease	8 weeks
Length of distinct absence episodes due to infectious disease.	8 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Vekaranjärvi garrison; 🇫🇮 Kouvola, Finland