Increasing awareness and adherence to infection control in neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU)

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Children; Subtopic: Children (all Diagnoses); Disease: All Diseases; Infections and Infestations; Infection control

• Registration Number: ISRCTN27386984
• Lead Sponsor: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03-10
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

Any visitor to the NICU over age of 16.

Exclusion Criteria

Under 16 years of age.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Adherence rates by patient visitors to NICU, of the 5 infection control standards pre-, 1 month and 6 months post-intervention <br>2. Awareness rates amongst visitors of the 5 infection control standards, pre- and 6 months post-intervention<br>3. Hand bacteriological contamination rates of patient visitors to NICU, pre- and 6 months post-intervention<br>4. Nosocomial infection rates on NICUs pre- and post- intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o secondary outcome measures