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Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene: Three Steps and 15 Seconds

NCT04102488 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2020-04-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Conditions

  • Hand Hygiene

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

PROCEDURE

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds

PROCEDURE

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Widmer, Prof. Dr. MD · University Hospital Basel, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
31 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-15
Primary Completion
2020-02-21
Completion
2020-02-21

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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