Nudging Effect of Timer on Surgical Rub

Sygehus Lillebaelt400 enrolled

Overview

To study whether a device has a nudging effect on the time spend on surgical rub.

The investigators observed the time spend on surgical rub prior to an operation. The investigators do not record names, age, sex or orther features about the health care workers who perform the surgical rub. After 200 observations a device will be attach to the dispenser that might help increase the time spend on the surgical rub in the operathing theather. The investigatos will then make another 200 observations to see if the device cause an increase in the time spend on surgical rub.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Operation Wound; Infection Bacterial Infections Surgical Procedure, Unspecified

Interventions

Alcohol rub timer deviceDEVICE

A device that should help the surgeon to increase the time spend on surgical rub. Further detail cannot be described due to confidence

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: • All professional health care workers, who perform surgical ru Exclusion Criteria: * Students and other persons at a hospital, who are not paid to be working at the hospital.

Locations (1)

Sygehus Lillebaelt

Kolding, Denmark

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time

time used on surgical rub

Time frame: Seconds used on surgical rub at least 300 seconds. Observation begin from start of surgical rub (defined as the time when the dispenser is activated) to the end of surgical rub (defined as the time when the surgeon pick up the surgical gown)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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