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Filter by:This exploratory cross sectional cohort study will evaluate the feasibility and fidelity of using an innovative strategy, the Patient Motivational Dialogue (PMD)/PMDPlus that will intentionally motivate and encourage the patient toward self-advocacy for their Health Care Professional's (HCP's) hand hygeine (HH) adherence.
This study evaluates the impact of school-based behavioral "nudges" installed in toilets and handwashing facilities on handwashing behavior among students in the Philippines. Nudges include: visible signage crafted to trigger behavioral motivators for handwashing; colorful pathway overlaid with footprints leading from the toilet to the handwashing station; sticker of a pair of eyes placed above the handwashing station; soap dish with an arrow beside it on the sink or counter to remind children to wash their hands with soap. The study's main hypothesis is that behavioral nudges will increase the percentage of students who wash their hands with water and soap after toilet use by 7 percentage points or more among schools where nudges were installed compared to control schools without nudges. The study is taking place in public primary schools in Zamboanga Del Norte, Philippines between October 2019 and May 2020.
The soap on a rope behavioral trial is a school-randomized trial to determine if a disruptive cue (the soap on a rope hall pass) can influence hand washing behavior for students in Namwala District, Zambia.
The study will collect and analyze quantitative data regarding handwashing behaviors among school-aged children to determine the impact of nudges compared to handwashing and hygiene education programs. Based on the success of the preliminary pilot, we hypothesize nudges leading to higher rates of handwashing than traditional handwashing and hygiene education programs.
Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of aseptic techniques to reduce surgical site infection. The traditional surgical antisepsis involves scrubbing the skin with povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine gluconate. Recently, a waterless surgical hand rub formulation containing 61% ethyl alcochol, 1% chlorhexidine and moisturizers was developed to provide a comparable antiseptic effect. The investigators perform a randomized controlled trial to compare the antiseptic effectiveness of the waterless hand rubbing, the classic surgical handwashing with povidone-iodine and chlorhexidine solutions.