Building an Optimal Hand Hygiene Bundle
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Conditions studied: Hand Hygiene, Health Care Associated Infection, Compliance
In brief
Hand hygiene is the single most effective practice in preventing the spread of hospital-acquired infections. Despite the strength of the evidence, hospital staff continue to sanitize their hands less than half of the time required by guidelines. Effective interventions are needed to improve hand hygiene compliance rates among hospital staff, but most are of poor quality and do not examine the specific effects of individual interventions. This study will build a "bundle" of three hand hygiene interventions using a research design that allows for the effectiveness of each intervention to be measured individually and combined.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02223455
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 58
- Starts
- 2014-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-10-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Wards/units at 10 VA medical centers: hand hygiene observations of healthcare works on these wards/units
You may not qualify if…
- None
Where it is running
- Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL — Miami, Florida, United States
- Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Omaha VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE — Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR — Portland, Oregon, United States
- South Texas Health Care System, San Antonio, TX — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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