Implementation of Directly Observed Hand Hygiene in Residential Care Home for the Elderly: a Cluster Randomized Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03224169

Enrollment

200

Registered

2017-07-21

Start date

2017-07-18

Completion date

2017-12-30

Last updated

2017-07-21

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Conditions

Multidrug Resistant Organisms

Brief summary

To screen the prevalence of multidrug resistant organisms among the resident in the residential care home for the elderly, and assess the practicability of directly observed hand hygiene in this setting.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALDirectly observed hand hygiene

Directly observed hand hygiene to the residents and staff

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Residents living the residential care home for the elderly and able to give consent

Exclusion criteria

* Those who cannot give consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Environmental contamination	6 weeks	Degree of environmental contamination

Countries

Hong Kong

Contacts

Primary ContactVincent Cheng, MD

vcccheng@hku.hk852-28553206

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026