Real Time Deployment of Multimodal Personal Dispenser Hand Hygiene System in a Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Body worn alcohol gel dispenser
- Conditions
- Nosocomial Infection
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 2954
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Reduction in healthcare associated infections (CRBSI and VAP)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 14 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Evaluate the efficacy of a multimodal hand hygiene system in the intensive care unit environment and evaluate any impact on health care associated infections.
Detailed Description
Deploy and utilize a novel body worn hand hygiene system that incorporates provider and group specific feedback allowing hand hygiene to occur directly within the patient environment. We hypothesize that by improving provider hand hygiene we will reduce health-care associated infection rates.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All ICU patients
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient is not in an ICU at our Institution
Arms & Interventions
Sprixx Device Group
Treatment group utilizing multimodal hand hygiene device
Intervention: Body worn alcohol gel dispenser
Sprixx Device Group
Treatment group utilizing multimodal hand hygiene device
Intervention: 62% ethanol based hand cleanser
Sprixx Device Group
Treatment group utilizing multimodal hand hygiene device
Intervention: Educational component with regard to teaching CDC guidelines
Sprixx Device Group
Treatment group utilizing multimodal hand hygiene device
Intervention: Provider and group feedback
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Reduction in healthcare associated infections (CRBSI and VAP)
Time Frame: 2 years
Secondary Outcomes
- Time to infections Hospital mortality Length of stay(2 years)