Helping Hands: Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses

September 30, 2009 updated by: Radboud University Medical Center

HELPING HANDS: a Comparison of Short- and Long Term Effects of Alternative Strategies for Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses.

Hand hygiene prescriptions are the most important measure in the prevention of hospital acquired infections. Yet compliance rates are generally below 50% of all opportunities for hand hygiene adherence. This study will test the short- and long term effects of two strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

900

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Netherlands
      • Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6500 GS
        • Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
      • Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6500 HB
        • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PObox 9101
      • Tilburg, Netherlands, 5000 LC
        • Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Hand hygiene opportunities at the point of patient care

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hand hygiene opportunities not concerning patient care like personal hygiene

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: State of the Art strategy
education, reminders, performance feedback,
Behavioral: state-of-the art strategy and extented strategy
state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting
Experimental: extended strategy
state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting
Behavioral: state-of-the art strategy and extented strategy
state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Percentage of adherence of opportunities for hand hygiene
Time Frame: march 2008, october 2008, may 2009, november 2009
march 2008, october 2008, may 2009, november 2009

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Team climate, Cost effectiveness
Time Frame: december 2008, june 2009
december 2008, june 2009

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Radboud University Medical Center

Collaborators

ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Theo van Achterberg, PhD RN, Centre for Quality of Care Research

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

November 1, 2009

Study Completion (Anticipated)

November 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 22, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 22, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

October 23, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 1, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 30, 2009

Last Verified

October 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • RG000279
  • ZonMw 945-17-101

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