Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Hand Hygiene
- Interventions
- Procedure: four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant
- 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
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
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Six-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 30 four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant - Three-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 3 four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant - Three-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 1 four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant - Six-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 15 four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant -
- 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
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
🇨🇭Basel, Switzerland