Process-oriented and Outcome-oriented Visual Assessments

Hospital Cleanliness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison Process-oriented and Outcome-oriented Visual Assessments for the Evaluation of Hospital Cleanliness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03908398
• Other study ID #: CW18285B
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: October 23, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: November 2020
• Source: Taichung Veterans General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of outcome-oriented visual assessment and process-oriented visual assessment using ATP bioluminescence test as a comparator in order to find out which method can be used to assess hospital cleanliness.

Description:

This study was conducted in a 17-bed adult medical intensive care unit at a medical center during December 2019 to December 2020. First of all, high-touch room surfaces were selected in patient rooms, including bed rails / controls, light switch, IV pump control, feeding pump control, monitor control, bedside table handle, call button, IV pole (grab area) and suction machine control. Then, Areas to be sampled on those high-touch room surfaces were identified. Whenever the housekeepers started to do terminal cleaning after patients were transferred or discharged, the researcher also started to observe directly the practices of cleaning at the same time and recorded "cleaned" if surfaces were cleaned and disinfected properly. Then, the researcher inspected surfaces and recorded "clean" if surfaces were free of dust, debris, and stains immediately after terminal cleaning.Ten minutes after terminal cleaning, Hygiena Ultrasnap Surface ATP test was performed to swab a standard area of 10 square centimeters on specific surfaces. After completing sampling, swabs were replace back in swab tube and all liquid in bulbs was expelled to activate the reaction. Once activated, samples were read right after shaking swab tube for 5-10 seconds.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 504
• Est. completion date: October 23, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: October 23, 2020
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• the environmental surfaces immediately after patients are discharged

Exclusion Criteria:

• no

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hospital Cleanliness

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Taichung Veterans General Hospital	Taichung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	ATP DATA	ATP bioluminescence test	10 minutes after environmental cleaning
Primary	score of process-oriented visual assessments	There are ten environment surfaces. Whenever the housekeepers start to do terminal cleaning after patients are transferred or discharged, the researcher also start to observe the practices of cleaning at the same time and score "one point" if one surface is cleaned and disinfected properly. The total of the score is ten.	immediately after environmental cleaning
Primary	score of outcome-oriented visual assessments	There are ten environment surfaces. Whenever the housekeepers start to do terminal cleaning after patients are transferred or discharged, the researcher also start to observe directly the cleanliness of the environment surfaces at the same time and score "one point" if one surface is clean visually. The total of the score is ten.	immediately after environmental cleaning