Helping Hands: Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses

Radboud University Medical Center900 enrolled

Overview

Hand hygiene prescriptions are the most important measure in the prevention of hospital acquired infections. Yet compliance rates are generally below 50% of all opportunities for hand hygiene adherence. This study will test the short- and long term effects of two strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

900

Conditions

Handwashing

Interventions

state-of-the art strategy and extented strategyBEHAVIORAL

state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Hand hygiene opportunities at the point of patient care Exclusion Criteria: * Hand hygiene opportunities not concerning patient care like personal hygiene

Locations (3)

Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PObox 9101

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

Tilburg, Netherlands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of adherence of opportunities for hand hygiene

Time frame: march 2008, october 2008, may 2009, november 2009

Secondary Outcomes

Team climate, Cost effectiveness

Time frame: december 2008, june 2009

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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