Helping Hands: Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses

Conditions

Handwashing

Brief summary

Hand hygiene prescriptions are the most important measure in the prevention of hospital acquired infections. Yet compliance rates are generally below 50% of all opportunities for hand hygiene adherence. This study will test the short- and long term effects of two strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses

Huis A, Holleman G, van Achterberg T, Grol R, Schoonhoven L, Hulscher M.

2013-04-0840 citations

10.1186/1748-5908-8-41

Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines: a cluster randomised trial.

Huis A, Schoonhoven L, Grol R, Donders R, Hulscher M, van Achterberg T.

2012-08-2888 citations

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.08.004

Helping hands: a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two different strategies for promoting hand hygiene in hospital nurses.

Huis A, Schoonhoven L, Grol R, Borm G, Adang E, Hulscher M, van Achterberg T.

2011-09-0317 citations

10.1186/1748-5908-6-101

Interventions

BEHAVIORALstate-of-the art strategy and extented strategy

state-of-the art: education, reminders, performance feedback, extented:state-of-the art and coaching ward manager,modeling of informal leaders, norm and target setting

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

No

Inclusion criteria

* Hand hygiene opportunities at the point of patient care

Exclusion criteria

* Hand hygiene opportunities not concerning patient care like personal hygiene

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Percentage of adherence of opportunities for hand hygiene	march 2008, october 2008, may 2009, november 2009

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Team climate, Cost effectiveness	december 2008, june 2009

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed