Increasing awareness and adherence to infection control in neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU)

Prospective interventional study to increase infection control compliance and decrease nosocomial infection rates across Greater Manchester tertiary NICUs by the installation of a computerised audiovisual infection control initiative (CAVICI) system.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN27386984

Enrollment

128

Registered

2016-03-10

Start date

2016-03-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Topic: Children

Interventions

A total of 64 covert patient visitor observations for adherence to 5 infection control standards (ICS) to be studied across the hospital sites, namely: 1. Removal of jackets 2. Rolling up of sleeves 3

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Any visitor to the NICU over age of 16.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Under 16 years of age.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Adherence rates by patient visitors to NICU, of the 5 infection control standards pre-, 1 month and 6 months post-intervention 2. Awareness rates amongst visitors of the 5 infection control standards, pre- and 6 months post-intervention 3. Hand bacteriological contamination rates of patient visitors to NICU, pre- and 6 months post-intervention 4. Nosocomial infection rates on NICUs pre- and post- intervention	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Adherence rates by patient visitors to NICU, of the 5 infection control standards pre-, 1 month and 6 months post-intervention 2. Awareness rates amongst visitors of the 5 infection control standards, pre- and 6 months post-intervention 3. Hand bacteriological contamination rates of patient visitors to NICU, pre- and 6 months post-intervention 4. Nosocomial infection rates on NICUs pre- and post- intervention

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactClaire Fish

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026