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

NCT03588221 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2019-01-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Hand Hygiene

Interventions

PROCEDURE

four sets of hand hygiene measurements per participant

1. Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds 2. Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds 3. Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds 4. Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah Tschudin Sutter, PD MD · University Hospital Basel, CH-4031 Basel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-16
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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