Helping Hands: Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Handwashing
- Registration Number
- NCT00548015
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Hand hygiene prescriptions are the most important measure in the prevention of hospital acquired infections. Yet compliance rates are generally below 50% of all opportunities for hand hygiene adherence. This study will test the short- and long term effects of two strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 900
Inclusion Criteria
- Hand hygiene opportunities at the point of patient care
Exclusion Criteria
- Hand hygiene opportunities not concerning patient care like personal hygiene
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Percentage of adherence of opportunities for hand hygiene march 2008, october 2008, may 2009, november 2009
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Team climate, Cost effectiveness december 2008, june 2009
Trial Locations
- Locations (3)
Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
🇳🇱Nijmegen, Netherlands
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PObox 9101
🇳🇱Nijmegen, Netherlands
Elisabeth Ziekenhuis
🇳🇱Tilburg, Netherlands
Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis🇳🇱Nijmegen, Netherlands