Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene: Three Steps and 15 Seconds

Hand Hygiene Clinical Trial

— SIHAG II  

Official title:

Simplifying Hand Hygiene Technique: Six Steps and 30 Seconds Versus Six Steps and 15 Seconds Versus Three Steps and 30 Seconds Versus Three Steps and 15 Seconds

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04102488
• Other study ID #: 2019-01518; me19Widmer
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: February 21, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Description:

The WHO guideline recommends 30 seconds for application of hand rub, however, mean bacterial reduction after 15 seconds of hand rubbing has been recently shown to be non-inferior and shortening application time to 15 seconds has been suggested to improve the frequency of hand hygiene actions in a neonatal care unit. This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: February 21, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: February 21, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 31 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical students are eligible for participation

• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• No signed informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Hygiene

Intervention

Procedure:
• Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds
Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds
• Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 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 30 seconds
• Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 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	Change of bacterial counts on hands as determined by the mean logarithmic reduction in bacterial counts after performance of hand hygiene	30 minutes