Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene (SIHAG)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hand Hygiene

Treatments: Procedure: four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03588221

2018-01049 me18Tschudin-Sutter;

Details and patient eligibility

About

Non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be investigated when combining the simpler three-step hand hygiene technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds compared to the to the three steps technique with an application time of 30 seconds and the technique consisting in six steps.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult participants (≥18 years)

Exclusion criteria

• skin disorders as determined by a dermatologist
• inability to follow procedures
• insufficient knowledge of the project language
• inability to give informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 4 patient groups

Six-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 30

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant

Six-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 15

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant

Three-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 3

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant

Three-step hand hygiene technique with application time of 1

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant