Clinical trials: Hand Washing
Handwashing
Helping Hands: Promoting Hand Hygiene in Hospital Nurses
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.
- Trial name
- NCT00548015
- Testing
- state-of-the art strategy and extented strategy
- Where
- 3 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Communicable Diseases
Evaluation of a Handwashing Promotion Program in Chinese Elementary Schools
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a commercial hand washing promotion program on hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices, and on health outcomes such as reported infectious illnesses and school absences.
- Trial name
- NCT00140335
- Testing
- handwashing
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diarrhea
Impact of Hand Washing and WASH Educational Intervention on Under-five Diarrheal Diseases
The investigators evaluated the impact of water, sanitation and hygiene educational Intervention and hand washing with soap on the incidence of diarrhea among under-five children.
- Trial name
- WASH (NCT02779010)
- Testing
- Hand washing with soap and Health education
- Volunteers
- 1,190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources
Hand Washing
Increasing Evidence-based Clinical Practices in VA
Evidence-based clinical practices (EBCPs) are often not widely adopted, despite extensive efforts to influence individual practitioners to use them.
- Trial name
- NCT00366028
- Testing
- Organization Model, Data Feedback Model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,624 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Hand Hygiene, Handwashing
Handy Hygiene of Children: Understanding the Effect of Live Feedback on Handwashing Behavior
Objective of the randomized controlled trial is to assess the impact of a digital intervention on hand hygiene of young children.
- Trial name
- NCT04773288
- Testing
- Live feedback during handwashing
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland, Germany
- Volunteers
- 127 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prof. Dr. Thorsten Staake
Hand Hygiene, Health Education
Effect of Virtual Reality-Based Handwashing Education on Knowledge, Skills, and Emotional Indicators in Preschool Children
A randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the effects of virtual reality-based handwashing education on handwashing knowledge, skills, and emotional indicators in preschool children aged 5-6 years.
- Conditions
- Hand Hygiene, Health Education, Infection Prevention
- Trial name
- VR-HAND (NCT07518082)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality-Based Handwashing Education, Traditional Handwashing Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Arel University
Hand Eczema, Hand Dermatitis
Consequences of Intensified Handwash and Hand Disinfection Among Children During the COVID19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic after reopening of the country, school, kindergarten and daycare, children have been obligated to do frequent handwash.
- Conditions
- Hand Eczema, Hand Dermatitis, Covid19
- Trial name
- NCT04375410
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 6,273 people
- Sponsor
- Regionshospital Nordjylland
Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding
Community-based Nutrition Program Effectiveness Evaluation in Afghanistan
The study will be a mixed methods, two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial. The primary aim of this evaluation is to measure the effectiveness of the Community-Based Nutrition Package intervention on child feeding practices…
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding, Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT04133766
- Testing
- Community Based Nutrition Package (CNBP)
- Where
- 3 sites in Afghanistan
- Volunteers
- 4,076 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Diarrheal Diseases
Effects of Multiple Interventions on Under-Five Diarrhea
Diarrhea is the leading cause of death, especially in developed nations. Though there are effective interventions, diarrhea remains the leading cause of death among children in Ethiopia
- Trial name
- NCT07158632
- Testing
- handwashing education, water chlorination, combined intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 835 people
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Hand Washing, Handwashing
The Effect of Behaviour Change Interventions on Use of Public Handwashing Stations in Bangladesh
As part of the COVID-19 response, BRAC has built 1000 public handwashing stations in several hundred villages in 20 sub-districts of Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Hand Washing, Handwashing, Covid19
- Trial name
- NCT04765540
- Testing
- Low Intensity Nudges, High Intensity Activities, BRAC's business-as-usual
- Where
- 3 sites in Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 855 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Behavioural Insights Team
Acute Diarrheal Disease, Acute Respiratory Infection
"Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers for the Prevention of Acute Diarrheal Disease and Acute Respiratory Infection in Children Under 5 Attending Childcare Centers in Bogotá, Cundinamarca and Tolima, in Colombia: a Cluster Randomized Control Trial"
The purpose of this study is to conduct a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) in a developing country setting in order to evaluate the role of alcohol based hand sanitizers (ABHS) in preventing the transmission of infectious diseases…
- Trial name
- NCT00963391
- Testing
- ABHS use
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 1,727 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota