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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Quality Improvement Foundation (Research Funding) Harbor Medical Inc. |
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Information provided by: | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00617006 |
We hypothesized that by improving hand hygiene compliance in the operative environment, we would reduce horizontal transmission of pathogenic bacteria to surgical patients.
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Nosocomial Infections |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Ecologic or Community, Prospective |
Official Title: | Before and After Study Evaluating Deployment of the Sprixx GJ Personal Hand Hygiene Device in the Intra-Operative Environment |
Environmental Bacterial Samples of Workspace
Enrollment: | 114 |
Study Start Date: | July 2007 |
Study Completion Date: | October 2007 |
Primary Completion Date: | August 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Before (Control)
Study group representative of standard practice
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After(Treatment)
After treatment group with the personal hand hygiene device ie. Device Group.
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We performed an observational study evaluating provider adherence to these techniques. We then sought to increase hand hygiene compliance through the use of a point of care alcohol based hand hygiene device. We hypothesized that increased hand hygiene compliance would reduce bacterial contamination of the anesthesia workspace and peripheral intravenous tubing, and ultimately reducing overall morbidity and mortality secondary to a reduction in nosocomial infection rates.
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Operating Rooms were randomized and patients in these rooms were enrolled for the study.
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, New Hampshire | |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | |
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756 |
Principal Investigator: | Matthew D Koff, M.D. M.S. | Dartmouth-Hitchocck Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center ( Matthew D. Koff M.D. M.S./Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine ) |
Study ID Numbers: | CPHS# 20655 |
Study First Received: | February 5, 2008 |
Last Updated: | February 14, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00617006 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Anesthesia Workspace Hospital Acquired Infections Hand Hygiene Alcohol Based Cleanser Bacterial Contamination |
Anesthetics Cross Infection Ethanol |
Communicable Diseases Infection Cross Infection |