Hand hygiëne in Nursing Homes
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Hand hygiëne compliance in nursing homes will be studied. Good hand hygiëne is considered the single most important intervention to control transmission of infectius disease pathogens in nursing homes.hand hygiene, handhygiëne, nursing home, verpleeghuis, 5 moments of the WHO, 5 momenten van de WHO, compliance
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24059
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medisch Centrum (Erasmus Medical Center) and GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond (Municipal Public Health Service for the region Rotterdam-Rijnmond)
- Brief Summary
Articles will be submitted for publication starting 2017.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 55
Inclusion Criteria
The organization needs to have a minimum of three and a maximum of four locations in the study. The location should have a minimum of two units. Each unit should have three or more nurses or nurse aids (MBO-3 level or higher) on staff between 7 am and 12 noon. The units need to be somatic, psychogeriatric or psychiatric units. If the units themselves are not large enough (or the location is not large enough), units (or small locations) can be combined.
Exclusion Criteria
Long term health care centers (verzorgingshuizen) and home care situations are excluded. Rehabilitation units are also excluded. Organizations with fewer than three locations are excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hand hygiëne compliance
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Infection incidence, measured on a weekly basis<br /><br>Additional outcomes: <br /><br>- Environmental contamination changes<br /><br>- Change (increase/decrease) in use of HH products during the course of the study<br /><br>- Possibly: cost-effectiveness analysis<br>