MedTrace Logo

Easy Hands: Impact of a 3-Step Versus WHO 6-Step Hand Hygiene Technique on Healthcare-Associated Infections in Intensive Care and Hospitalization Units.

NCT07593417 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1027

Last updated 2026-05-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs worldwide. Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of infection prevention; however, adherence to the full WHO 6-step hand hygiene technique may be limited in routine clinical practice due to time constraints and workflow barriers. Simplified hand hygiene approaches may improve compliance while preserving clinical effectiveness.

The Easy Hands study is a pragmatic cluster randomized cross-over trial designed to compare a simplified 3-step hand hygiene technique with the standard WHO 6-step technique in clinical care units. Hospital services were randomized to one of two sequences of intervention and crossed over after the first study period. The primary objective is to evaluate whether the simplified 3-step technique is associated with differences in time to first healthcare-associated infection among hospitalized patients.

Conditions

  • Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
  • Nosocomial Infection

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

3-Step Hand Hygiene Technique

Simplified 3-step hand hygiene protocol implemented in assigned clusters during the intervention period.

BEHAVIORAL

WHO 6-Step Hand Hygiene Technique

Standard WHO 6-step hand hygiene protocol implemented in assigned clusters during the comparator period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundación Clínica Shaio

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julia Alejandra Ortiz Aroca, M.Sc · Fundación Clínica Shaio

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-01
Primary Completion
2025-10-31
Completion
2025-10-31

Countries

  • Colombia

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT07593417 on ClinicalTrials.gov