Trial Outcomes & Findings for Hand Hygiene and Hospital Acquired Infections (NCT NCT02252562)

NCT ID: NCT02252562

Last Updated: 2019-02-18

Results Overview

Patients with a prior infection and/or preexisting decolonization will be included and will be expected to be equally distributed between study groups given the randomized study design. For HCAI analysis, only new infection sites and/or a different organism of infection will be considered a new HCAI, per NHSN definitions.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

3256 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

30-day after surgery

Results posted on

2019-02-18

Participant Flow

Operating room enrollment occurred from September 30, 2013, to June 17, 2014, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and from January 8, 2014, to August 21, 2014, at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Five to 10 operating rooms were enrolled Monday-Friday for each of 20 working days per month at each site.

The randomization unit was the operating room (OR); not the patient or provider. Clinicians were educated on the purpose of the study and utilized standard practice or hand hygiene device based on the ORs. 316 clinicians utilizing the personal hand hygiene device were followed for assessment, but not enrolled.

Unit of analysis: Operating Rooms

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Standard Practice
Usual intraoperative hand hygiene (standard wall mounted devices and machine and/or cart based dispensers)
Personal Hand Hygiene Device
Intraoperative use of personalized body worn alcohol dispensers incorporating a novel wireless tracking system \[(SAGE Products Inc., Cary, Il), Sage Personal Hand Hygiene System: Utilization of a health care provider worn personal hand hygiene system during routine practice in the intra-operative setting with provider specific individual feedback.
Overall Study
STARTED
1620 1620
1636 1636
Overall Study
COMPLETED
1620 1620
1636 1636
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0 0
0 0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Hand Hygiene and Hospital Acquired Infections

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Standard Practice
n=1620 Participants
Usual intraoperative hand hygiene (standard wall mounted devices and machine and/or cart based dispensers)
Personal Hand Hygiene Device
n=1636 Participants
Intraoperative use of personalized body worn alcohol dispensers incorporating a novel wireless tracking system \[(SAGE Products Inc., Cary, Il), Sage Personal Hand Hygiene System: Utilization of a health care provider worn personal hand hygiene system during routine practice in the intra-operative setting with provider specific individual feedback.
Total
n=3256 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
57.29 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.4 • n=99 Participants
56.75 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.6 • n=107 Participants
57.02 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.5 • n=206 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
814 Participants
n=99 Participants
785 Participants
n=107 Participants
1599 Participants
n=206 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
806 Participants
n=99 Participants
851 Participants
n=107 Participants
1657 Participants
n=206 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
1620 participants
n=99 Participants
1636 participants
n=107 Participants
3256 participants
n=206 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 30-day after surgery

Patients with a prior infection and/or preexisting decolonization will be included and will be expected to be equally distributed between study groups given the randomized study design. For HCAI analysis, only new infection sites and/or a different organism of infection will be considered a new HCAI, per NHSN definitions.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Standard Practice
n=1620 Participants
Usual intraoperative hand hygiene (standard wall mounted devices and machine and/or cart based dispensers)
Personal Hand Hygiene Device
n=1636 Participants
Intraoperative use of personalized body worn alcohol dispensers incorporating a novel wireless tracking system \[(SAGE Products Inc., Cary, Il), Sage Personal Hand Hygiene System: Utilization of a health care provider worn personal hand hygiene system during routine practice in the intra-operative setting with provider specific individual feedback.
Number of Participants With Postoperative Healthcare Acquired Infections
108 Participants
116 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Within 30 days of discharge

Population: Data was not collected.

Readmission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Within 30 Days of discharge

Patient Mortality

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Standard Practice
n=1620 Participants
Usual intraoperative hand hygiene (standard wall mounted devices and machine and/or cart based dispensers)
Personal Hand Hygiene Device
n=1636 Participants
Intraoperative use of personalized body worn alcohol dispensers incorporating a novel wireless tracking system \[(SAGE Products Inc., Cary, Il), Sage Personal Hand Hygiene System: Utilization of a health care provider worn personal hand hygiene system during routine practice in the intra-operative setting with provider specific individual feedback.
Mortality
6 Participants
7 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 30 days after surgery

Population: Data was not collected

Duration of Hospital Stay

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

OTHER_PRE_SPECIFIED outcome

Timeframe: During active OR cases

Population: A control arm was not tabulated as the control group did not utilize the study device.

The number of times non-scrubbed personnel (anesthesia providers and circulating nurses) perform hand hygiene during OR cases for the treatment group.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Standard Practice
n=316 Participants
Usual intraoperative hand hygiene (standard wall mounted devices and machine and/or cart based dispensers)
Personal Hand Hygiene Device
Intraoperative use of personalized body worn alcohol dispensers incorporating a novel wireless tracking system \[(SAGE Products Inc., Cary, Il), Sage Personal Hand Hygiene System: Utilization of a health care provider worn personal hand hygiene system during routine practice in the intra-operative setting with provider specific individual feedback.
Hand Hygiene Events Per Hour Utilizing the Device
4.3 hand decontamination event per hour
Standard Deviation 2.9

Adverse Events

Standard Practice

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 6 deaths

Personal Hand Hygiene Device

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 7 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Matthew D. Koff, MD Staff Physician, Anesthesiology

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Phone: (603) 650-5922

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place