Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hand Hygiene

• Registration Number: NCT03588221
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Brief Summary

Non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be investigated when combining the simpler three-step hand hygiene technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds compared to the to the three steps technique with an application time of 30 seconds and the technique consisting in six steps.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-03
• Study Start: 2018-07-16
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-17
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-31
• Study Completion: 2018-12-31
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult participants (≥18 years)

Exclusion Criteria

• skin disorders as determined by a dermatologist
• inability to follow procedures
• insufficient knowledge of the project language
• inability to give informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of bacterial counts on hands pre and post hand hygiene measure	30 minutes	The log counts of bacteria detected on the dominant hand will be averaged separately for pre- and post values. Differences between pre- and post values, as well as in the mean logarithmic reduction in bacterial counts will be compared

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology; 🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland