Evaluation of Body-worn Multimodal Hand Hygiene System. Impact on Health-Care Associated Infections (Sprixx-ICU)

Dartmouth Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Nosocomial Infection

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational component with regard to teaching CDC guidelines; Device: Body worn alcohol gel dispenser; Behavioral: Provider and group feedback; Drug: 62% ethanol based hand cleanser

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01050608

20655-ICU extension

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the efficacy of a multimodal hand hygiene system in the intensive care unit environment and evaluate any impact on health care associated infections.

Full description

Deploy and utilize a novel body worn hand hygiene system that incorporates provider and group specific feedback allowing hand hygiene to occur directly within the patient environment. We hypothesize that by improving provider hand hygiene we will reduce health-care associated infection rates.

Enrollment: 2,954 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All ICU patients

Exclusion criteria

• Patient is not in an ICU at our Institution

Trial design

2,954 participants in 2 patient groups

Sprixx Device Group

Description:

Treatment group utilizing multimodal hand hygiene device

Treatment:

Device: Body worn alcohol gel dispenser

Behavioral: Provider and group feedback

Drug: 62% ethanol based hand cleanser

Behavioral: Educational component with regard to teaching CDC guidelines

Standard Hand Hygiene Group

Description:

Utilizing wall mounted dispensers and CDC based guidelines.