Tailor VHA HH Bundle for Acute Mental Health Care

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hand Hygiene Compliance

In brief

Mental health settings are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks and transmission due to infectious pathogens like norovirus. This occurs since access to soap and water (sinks) is limited for safety reasons and alcohol hand rub is not available outside patient rooms because of concerns for ingestion and fire. Thus, novel hand hygiene improvement interventions are needed in mental health settings including new hand hygiene bundles tailored to VHA mental health settings and novel alcohol-free hand rubs that are safe for installation and use in mental health settings. Non-alcohol hand rub has been approved and is currently used in some VAs, but isn't currently a standard VA-wide practice. These products can expand access to hand hygiene in locations where alcohol-based products are not allowed.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07607145

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

4

Starts

2026-06-01

Expected to finish

2030-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• VA mental health care workers on inpatient mental health units
• Quality improvement staff including infection control

You may not qualify if…

• Outpatient care settings

Where it is running

• Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL — Hines, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA — Iowa City, Iowa, United States (enrolling)
• Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (enrolling)
• William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI — Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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