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Helping Hands: Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
Verified by Radboud University, October 2007

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Radboud University ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
Information provided by:	Radboud University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00548015

Purpose

Hand hygiene prescriptions are the most important measure in the prevention of hospital acquired infections. Yet compliance rates are generally below 50% of all opportunities for hand hygiene adherence. This study will test the short- and long term effects of two strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses

Condition	Intervention
Handwashing	Behavioral: state-of-the art strategy and extented strategy

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Single Group Assignment

Official Title:	HELPING HANDS: a Comparison of Short- and Long Term Effects of Alternative Strategies for Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses.

Further study details as provided by Radboud University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Percentage of adherence of opportunities for hand hygiene

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Team climate, Cost effectiveness

Study Start Date:	March 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2009

Intervention Details:

state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Hand hygiene opportunities at the point of patient care

Exclusion Criteria:

Hand hygiene opportunities not concerning patient care like personal hygiene

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00548015

Contacts


Contact: Anita Brink-Huis, MSc RN	+31243666271	a.brink-huis@kwazo.umcn.nl

Locations


Netherlands
	Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PObox 9101	Not yet recruiting
	Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6500 HB
	Contact: Anita Brink-Huis, MSc RN +31243666271 a.brink-huis@kwazo.umcn.nl
	Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis	Not yet recruiting
	Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6500 GS
	Contact: Anita Brink-Huis, MSc RN +31243666271 a.brink-huis@kwazo.umcn.nl
	Elisabeth Ziekenhuis	Not yet recruiting
	Tilburg, Netherlands, 5000 LC
	Contact: Anita Brink-Huis, MSc RN +31243666271 a.brink-huis@kwazo.umcn.nl

Sponsors and Collaborators

Radboud University

ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Investigators


Study Chair:	Theo van Achterberg, PhD RN	Centre for Quality of Care Research

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	RG000279, ZonMw 945-17-101
First Received:	October 22, 2007
Last Updated:	October 22, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00548015
Health Authority:	Netherlands: The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO)

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 17, 2008