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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Radboud University ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development |
Information provided by: | Radboud University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00548015 |
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 |
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. |
Study Start Date: | March 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | September 2009 |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Anita Brink-Huis, MSc RN | +31243666271 | a.brink-huis@kwazo.umcn.nl |
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 |
Radboud University |
ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development |
Study Chair: | Theo van Achterberg, PhD RN | Centre for Quality of Care Research |
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) |
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