Status:

COMPLETED

STOPFLU: Is it Possible to Reduce the Number of Days Off in Office Work by Improved Hand-hygiene?

Lead Sponsor:

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Collaborating Sponsors:

Finnish Work Environment Fund

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Conditions:

Respiratory Infection

Gastroenteritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Improved hand hygiene is known to reduce transmission of both respiratory (RTI) and gastrointestinal infections (GTI) under "semi-closed" conditions such as hospitals, day-care centres and schools. It...

Detailed Description

It is common knowledge that both respiratory tract infections (RTI) and gastrointestinal infections (GTI) cause a large part of short periods of days off from work, day care and school. In addition, b...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Volunteers working in defined units

Exclusion

  • Persons with open wounds or chronic eczema in hands

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

683 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00821509

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

March 8 2012

Active Locations (1)

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National Institute for Health and Wellfare (THL)

Helsinki, Finland, 00271