NCT04102488

Simplifying the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol for Hand Hygiene: Three Steps and 15 Seconds

Simplifying Hand Hygiene Technique: Six Steps and 30 Seconds Versus Six Steps and 15 Seconds Versus Three Steps and 30 Seconds Versus Three Steps and 15 Seconds

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 31 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Detailed description

The WHO guideline recommends 30 seconds for application of hand rub, however, mean bacterial reduction after 15 seconds of hand rubbing has been recently shown to be non-inferior and shortening application time to 15 seconds has been suggested to improve the frequency of hand hygiene actions in a neonatal care unit. This study is to investigate that non-inferiority in terms of reduction of bacterial counts will be retained when combining the simpler three-step technique for the use of hand rub with a shorter application time of 15 seconds.

Conditions

• Hand Hygiene

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds	Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds
PROCEDURE	Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds	Six-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds
PROCEDURE	Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds	Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 30 seconds
PROCEDURE	Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds	Three-step hand hygiene technique with an application time of 15 seconds

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-15
• Primary completion: 2020-02-21
• Completion: 2020-02-21
• First posted: 2019-09-25
• Last updated: 2020-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland