Trials / Suspended
SuspendedNCT01887730
Hand Hygiene Intervention Study in Finnish Garrison
Can Intensified Hand Hygiene Decrease Morbidity and Lost Service Days in a Garrison
- Status
- Suspended
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1,120 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
In this study the investigators aim to elucidate the possibility to reduce occurrence of infectious diseases in a garrison with enhanced and guided hand hygiene. The investigators will study occurrence and transmission of infections. In addition, the investigators will find out the causative agents of infections in a garrison with virological analyses of naso-pharyngeal and fecal specimens. The costs of lost service days and other expenses due to infectious diseases will be evaluated with a cost analysis study.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Hand washing with soap and water | Can infections be prevented by hand washing with soap and water |
| BEHAVIORAL | Hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub | Can infections be prevented by hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub. Effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections |
| BEHAVIORAL | Control |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-09-01
- Completion
- 2020-12-01
- First posted
- 2013-06-27
- Last updated
- 2018-08-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Finland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01887730. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.