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Building an Optimal Hand Hygiene Bundle: A Mixed Methods Approach
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Hand Hygiene Signs for Hand Hygiene and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 58 participants across 10 sites.
Detailed Summary
Hand hygiene is the single most effective practice in preventing the spread of hospital-acquired infections. Despite the strength of the evidence, hospital staff continue to sanitize their hands less than half of the time required by guidelines. Effective interventions are needed to improve hand hygiene compliance rates among hospital staff, but most are of poor quality and do not examine the specific effects of individual interventions. This study will build a "bundle" of three hand hygiene interventions using a research design that allows for the effectiveness of each intervention to be measured individually and combined.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Hand hygiene signs will not be changed (control) or change weekly/monthly on wards/units randomized to each of these study arms. Signs will be posted by the hand hygiene sanitizer outside each patient room.