To screen the prevalence of multidrug resistant organisms among the resident in the residential care home for the elderly, and assess the practicability of directly observed hand hygiene in this setting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Directly observed hand hygiene to the residents and staff
Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RECRUITINGEnvironmental contamination
Degree of environmental contamination
Time frame: 6 weeks
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