NCT00375037

A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Hand Hygiene

Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Hand Hygiene Among Healthcare Workers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,500 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effect of a multifaceted intervention including performance feedback on adherence to hand hygiene among healthcare workers. A key component of the study is to demonstrate whether improved adherence to hand hygiene leads to a reduction in rates of infection.

Detailed description

A cluster randomized controlled trial of the intervention will be conducted where hospital units (wards) in three hospitals will be allocated to either the intervention or usual practise. We will stratify by hospital site in order to minimize confounding by hospital-level factors. The unit of allocation, intervention, and analysis will be at the level of the hospital unit. Thirty hospital units will be randomized to either the intervention or comparison arm. We will compare adherence to hand hygiene, MRSA rates, and other outcomes between the two study arms.

Conditions

• Handwashing
• Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	feedback
BEHAVIORAL	Education
OTHER	usual care

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-01-01
• Primary completion: 2008-07-01
• Completion: 2008-07-01
• First posted: 2006-09-12
• Last updated: 2018-10-26

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Canada