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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

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALHand washing with soap and waterCan infections be prevented by hand washing with soap and water
BEHAVIORALHand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rubCan infections be prevented by hand cleaning with alcohol-containing hand rub. Effect of intervention is assessed by following occurrence of infections
BEHAVIORALControl

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.