Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Simplifying the WHO Protocol for Hand Hygiene: Three Steps and 15 Seconds - a Randomized Cross-over Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03588221
• Other study ID #: 2018-01049;me18Tschudin-Sutter
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 16, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be investigated when combining the simpler three-step hand hygiene technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds compared to the to the three steps technique with an application time of 30 seconds and the technique consisting in six steps.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult participants (=18 years)

Exclusion Criteria:

• skin disorders as determined by a dermatologist

• inability to follow procedures

• insufficient knowledge of the project language

• inability to give informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Hygiene

Intervention

Procedure:
• four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant
Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology	Basel

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change of bacterial counts on hands pre and post hand hygiene measure	The log counts of bacteria detected on the dominant hand will be averaged separately for pre- and post values. Differences between pre- and post values, as well as in the mean logarithmic reduction in bacterial counts will be compared	30 minutes