Evaluation of Body-worn Multimodal Hand Hygiene System. Impact on Health-Care Associated Infections

Nosocomial Infection Clinical Trial

— Sprixx-ICU  

Official title:

Real Time Deployment of Multimodal Personal Dispenser Hand Hygiene System in a Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01050608
• Other study ID #: 20655-ICU extension
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 14, 2010
• Last updated: June 22, 2011
• Start date: December 2007
• Est. completion date: January 2011

Study information

• Verified date: June 2011
• Source: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Evaluate the efficacy of a multimodal hand hygiene system in the intensive care unit environment and evaluate any impact on health care associated infections.

Description:

Deploy and utilize a novel body worn hand hygiene system that incorporates provider and group specific feedback allowing hand hygiene to occur directly within the patient environment. We hypothesize that by improving provider hand hygiene we will reduce health-care associated infection rates.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2954
• Est. completion date: January 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All ICU patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient is not in an ICU at our Institution

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cross Infection
• Infection
• Nosocomial Infection

Intervention

Device:
• Body worn alcohol gel dispenser
Records hand hygiene events of provider and tabulates on the group level.

Drug:
• 62% ethanol based hand cleanser
CDC based guidelines with regard to utilization in the health care environment "the nest"

Behavioral:
• Educational component with regard to teaching CDC guidelines
12 minute education prior to deploying device for all providers.
• Provider and group feedback
Provide feedback with regard to expected hand hygiene goals to providers and reported anonymous group results based on recorded information.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Dartmouth-HItchcock Medical Center	Lebanon	New Hampshire

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	Harbor Medical Inc.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Anesthesiology 2008; 109 A54 ASA Abstracts

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reduction in healthcare associated infections (CRBSI and VAP)		2 years	Yes
Secondary	Time to infections Hospital mortality Length of stay		2 years	Yes