Impact of using a device providing individual feedback on healthcare workers' hand hygiene behaviour

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hand hygiene; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN25430066
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine

Brief Summary

2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33555332/ results (added 09/02/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-05-22
• Study Completion: 2018-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 26 June 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 97

Inclusion Criteria

Units inclusion criteria:
All units are eligible to participate in the study.

HCWS inclusion criteria:
1. All HCWs working in patient-care activities
2. Aged between 20 to 65

Exclusion Criteria

Units exclusion criteria:
Units without patient-care activities.

HCWs exclusion criteria:
1. Work or will work in several different units during the six months after study start
2. Who will leave the unit in the six months after study start
3. Who have more than three consecutive weeks of vacations in the six months after the study start
4. Who don’t use the standard ABHR at HUG

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hand hygiene compliance is measured by direct observation by well-trained IPC professionals according to the WHO methodology at the individual HCW level at six time-points (once a month) in the three study periods (baseline, transition period and intervention).