NCT02131727

Hand Hygiene Randomized Cluster Intervention to Reduce Infections

The Kent State-Cuyahoga County Health Promotion Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 324 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kent State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple intervention to improve hand hygiene, consisting of a 3-4 minute training video, on-site posters, and hand hygiene supplies, can reduce respiratory and GI illness among employees.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple random cluster intervention trial to improve hand hygiene, consisting of a 3-4 minute training video, on-site posters, and hand hygiene supplies, can reduce respiratory and GI illness among those in the intervention group compared to the control group. The intervention was performed among employees in a Midwestern public government setting. Employees in the treatment group received a 3-4 minute training video online that was embedded in the baseline survey. Motivational posters from the USDHHS encouraging proper hand hygiene were installed in the workplace, along with hand hygiene supplies. The control group received a program called "Ask Me 3" developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation; the intervention consisted of a 3-4 minute training video to encourage clear communication with their health care providers, a brochure discussing the Ask Me 3 principles of clear communication with health care providers, and a key-ring with the Ask Me 3 communication principles to promote more effective communication with health care providers at visits out side of work. The groups were followed monthly through surveys over the Internet for an average of three months after baseline to determine if a relative reduction in self-reported respiratory / GI infections occurred in the intervention group compared to the control group.

Conditions

• Respiratory Tract Infections
• Gastrointestinal Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Hand Hygiene Improvement Intervention	Participants received a 4 minute video about protective hand hygiene behaviors and other activities (cough ettiquette, and staying home when ill) to reduce the risk of contracting respiratory tract and GI infections. In addition, motivational posters and hand hygiene supplies were distributed in the work setting.
BEHAVIORAL	Ask Me 3	Participants in the control group received a 4 minute training video about the "Ask Me 3" program to promote effective communication with health care providers, along with an "Ask Me 3" brochure and a key-chain with the "Ask Me 3" principles for effective communication with health care providers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-01
• Completion: 2013-06-01
• First posted: 2014-05-06
• Last updated: 2014-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States