Nosocomial infections
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Psychologically tailored feedback discussions with management personnel and education sessions with physicians and nurses of six intensive care/haematopoietic stem cell transplantation units
Sponsors
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Employed or working as physician or nurse on one of the study wards.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Ward-specific hand hygiene compliance rates 2014-2015: Hand hygiene compliance with guidelines based on WHO-concept "Five Moments for Hand Hygiene), assessed using the German translation of the respective observation sheet (German Clean Care is Safer Care-campaign) by internally trained nurses and hygiene specialists (in training) during specific time slots in the course of each calendar year. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in ward-specific hand hygiene compliance rates (assessments see above, Primary outcome) over time, and multiresistant pathogens (colonisations and infections), assessed following the procedures defined by the German nosocomial infection surveillance system (KISS). | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactIris F. Chaberny
Universitätsklinikum Leipzig – AöR, Institut für Hygiene / Krankenhaushygiene
Outcome results
None listed