Status:
COMPLETED
A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Hand Hygiene
Lead Sponsor:
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Conditions:
Handwashing
Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effect of a multifaceted intervention including performance feedback on adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers. A key component of the st...
Detailed Description
A cluster randomized controlled trial of the intervention will be conducted where hospital units (wards) in three hospitals will be allocated to either the intervention or usual practise. We will stra...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- A. Study units Inclusion: Medical and subspecialty units, surgical units, critical care units
- Exclusion: pediatric units, neonatal intensive care units
- B. Healthcare workers
- Inclusion: any hospital staff with direct patient care who are affiliated with a single unit (includes registered nurses, nursing assistants, environmental aides, allied health professionals (occupational, physical, and respiratory therapists), and some physicians
- C. Patients Clinical outcomes will be measured in patients on study units.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
1500 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00375037
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
July 1 2008
Last Update
October 26 2018
Active Locations (3)
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1
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L 2X2
2
McMaster University Medical Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5
3
Henderson Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 1C3