Direct Gloving Strategy: A Cluster-randomized Trial
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Hand Hygiene
In brief
The necessity of Hand hygiene (HH) before donning non-sterile gloves is unknown. Furthermore, because of the additional time required to cleanse hands and then don gloves, as well as the cumbersome nature of applying gloves to recently washed hands, this practice leads to non-compliance with both HH and glove use - placing patients at risk. In a pilot study, the investigators performed a randomized trial of 230 healthcare workers and demonstrated no difference in total bacterial colony counts or identification of pathogenic bacteria from the gloves of persons who either performed HH or did not perform HH prior to putting on non-sterile gloves. If unnecessary, HH before non-sterile glove use wastes valuable time, which might otherwise be spent engaged in direct patient care. And removing this unnecessary step may lead to increased compliance with infection prevention measures. In Aim A, the investigators will perform a multi-center randomized control trial to evaluate the efficacy of a direct gloving strategy to improve compliance with infection prevention practices. In Aim B, the investigators will perform a nested multi-center validation study, where the gloved hands of healthcare workers will be randomly sampled to determine bacterial contamination of non-sterile gloves after donning.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03119389
- Run by
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- People needed
- 14418
- Starts
- 2016-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-11-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-05-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Health professional at one of the study sites
- Has direct interaction with patients at study sites (healthcare worker)
You may not qualify if…
- <18 years old
Where it is running
- University of Iowa Hospitals — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- University of Maryland Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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