Magen Haim Project - Assessing Hand Hygiene Formulas
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 入组人数
- 1,505
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Percentage of staff reporting satisfaction with hand hygiene formula in questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
Background: Procedures of hand hygiene are an important component in prevention of cross-transmission of infections in hospitals. In recent years, hand washing with antiseptic soap (chlorhexidine) was replaced with use of alcohol-based hand rub. This change brought an increase in compliance with hand hygiene regulations from 30-40% to over 50%, and in other places up to 70%. However, even 70% compliance is not enough. One of the reported reasons for lack of compliance of staff to the use of alcohol-based preparations is skin irritation and dryness of the hands as a result of frequent use. At Sheba, like the majority of Israeli hospitals, the product used for handwashing is Septol (Teva), which includes 0.5% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and 70% ethyl alcohol. The CDC, WHO and FDA guidelines approve for use of hospital hand hygiene, products that contain between 61-85% ethanol.
The investigators will replace the Septol currently used with a different alcohol-based antiseptic that is more user-friendly, and aim to determine whether this will increase the compliance with hand hygiene protocols.
The investigators will assess
- Satisfaction of staff.
- Increase of hand hygiene compliance.
详细描述
RESEARCH PATTERN:
Comparative research, Cross-Over, with a quasi-experimental component, comparing trial products to the use of Septol over the course of the year before the research.
Included in the study will be 29 departments of Sheba, whilst the other hospital departments will serve as a control group. The 29 departments will be divided into two branches with similar departments in each (each branch consisting of 3 internal medicine departments, 3 urgent care departments, a pediatric department, a surgical department, etc.). In Stage I (the initial six months), Branch A will exchange Septol with AniosGel, and Branch B will exchange Septol with Softa-Man. In Stage II (the second six months), Branch A will change to Softa-Man and Branch B will change to AniosGel. Branch C will be the control, where Septol will be used throughout the duration of the study.
STUDY POPULATION:
For objectives 1 and 2: All medical staff at Sheba (in all 3 branches of the study).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •All staff in the participating departments
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Percentage of staff reporting satisfaction with hand hygiene formula in questionnaire
时间窗: 1 year
Satisfaction Questionnaire will be distributed and filled in three times during the study.
Percentage of proper hand hygiene compliance as determined by Chess Application
时间窗: 1 year
The Chess Program, an application designed for analyzing compliance, will be used by researchers to observe and record amounts of times that staff members comply or do not comply with proper hand hygiene protocols, and determine the percentage of times that staff complied with proper hand hygiene protocols out of all observations
次要结局
- Hand Hygiene Formula Use(1 year)