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SIMPLIFY the Hand Hygiene Procedure - Three Steps Versus Six Steps for Performing Hand Hygiene (SIMPLIFY Study)

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University Hospital Basel

Status

Begins enrollment in 2 months

Conditions

Hand Hygiene

Treatments

Procedure: Study intervention: 3-step hand hygiene technique
Procedure: Control intervention: 6-step hand hygiene technique

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04187040
2019-01071 me19Tschudinsutter2;

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hand hygiene is one of the most important measures to prevent healthcare associated infections. A hand hygiene technique consisting of three steps may be superior to the 6-step technique outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in terms of compliance with both indications and technique. Therefore, the aim of this study is to compare compliance with hand hygiene indications and technique between a 3-step and the 6-step technique for applying hand rub in an international multicenter cluster randomized trial.

Full description

Hand hygiene is one of the most important measures to prevent transmission of pathogens between healthcare workers and patients, and ultimately, healthcare-associated infections. However, compliance with both hand hygiene indications and technique (outlining the steps for applying hand rub to ensure coverage of all surfaces of the hands) remains insufficient at most institutions worldwide. It was previously demonstrated that a hand hygiene technique consisting of three steps is superior to the 6-step technique outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in terms of compliance with both indications and technique in a single center study. Furthermore, the 3-step technique was non-inferior regarding microbiological efficacy in two experimental studies and during daily clinical practice. To further investigate the external validity and generalizability of these findings to different settings, this study compares both compliance with hand hygiene indications and technique between the 3-step and the 6-step technique for applying hand rub in an international multicenter cluster randomized trial.

Enrollment

40 estimated patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Health Care Workers (HCW) working at the randomized wards during the pre-defined timeframe

Exclusion criteria

Individuals, who are no HCWs

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

40 participants in 2 patient groups

3-step hand hygiene technique
Active Comparator group
Description:
Wards assigned to this study arm will receive instructions, educational materials and tutorials about the 3-step hand hygiene technique.
Treatment:
Procedure: Study intervention: 3-step hand hygiene technique
6-step hand hygiene technique
Active Comparator group
Description:
Wards assigned to this study arm will receive instructions, educational materials and tutorials about the 6-step hand hygiene technique.
Treatment:
Procedure: Control intervention: 6-step hand hygiene technique

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Sarah Tschudin Sutter, Prof.Dr.med.

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