Clinical trials: Hand Hygiene
Mother, Menstrual Hygiene Management
Menstrual Management Using a Mobile Application in Adolescent Girls With Mild Intellectual Disabilities
In the study conducted to determine the effectiveness of menstruation management training given with a mobile application (Bağımsız Yapabilirim) in female adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities in the independent living…
- Conditions
- Mother, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Hand Hygiene, Intellectual Disability, Mild
- Trial name
- Independent (NCT07016932)
- Testing
- Education with mobile application
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Selcuk University
Intervention in Hand Hygiene for Infectious Diseases Prevention
Impact of an AI-enabled UV Hand Hygiene Intervention in Primary Schools: a Community Intervention Study
Background Hand hygiene refers to the practice of keeping hands clean to prevent the spread of disease. Hand hygiene workshops are an important tool to educate students about the importance of keeping their hands clean and…
- Trial name
- NCT07160842
- Testing
- Hand hygiene intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Catala de Salut
Hand Hygiene Behavior, Hand Hygiene Effectiveness
hands4health: A Multi-component Intervention on Hand Hygiene in Primary Health Care Facilities in Burkina Faso and Mali
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to assess the effectiveness of the hands4health multi-component hand hygiene intervention in patients and health care providers in primary health care facilities in Burkina…
- Trial name
- h4h (NCT05946980)
- Testing
- Multi-component hand hygiene intervention in primary health care facilities
- Where
- 2 sites in Burkina Faso, Mali
- Volunteers
- 309 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Hand Hygiene
Behavior Change in Context to Contain the Spread of COVID-19
Project BECCCS (=Behavior Change in Context to Contain the Spread of COVID-19) aims to optimise and test a behaviour change intervention to promote correct hand hygiene at key times in the short and long term.
- Trial name
- NCT04830761
- Testing
- Motivation, Habit, Social
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 425 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Respiratory Disease, Gastrointestinal Diseases and Symptom
12 Steps of a Modified Handwashing Program on Health Outcomes and School Absenteeism
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether providing hand and respiratory hygiene interventions in primary school children reduces the incidence rate of absence episodes due to illness in children during an academic…
- Trial name
- Hand hygiene (NCT07467902)
- Testing
- Hand Hygiene Education Program
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 802 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hawler Medical University
Influenza
A Randomised Controlled Trial of Face Masks and Hand Hygiene in Reducing Influenza Transmission in Households
This study will test the effectiveness of face masks and hand cleaning in preventing the spread of influenza within households
- Trial name
- NCT00425893
- Testing
- hand hygiene, health education, face masks
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 6,069 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hand Hygiene
Fit Plus: Assessing the Impact of a School-based Intervention on Toilet Quality
This study will assess the impact of a school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene management intervention on toilet use and pupil handwashing in the Philippines.
- Trial name
- NCT03204175
- Testing
- FIT Plus, Comparator arm
- Where
- Philippines
- Volunteers
- 8,687 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Anaemia
Impact of Hand Hygiene Activities on the Prevention of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Anaemia Among School Children
Impact exerted by intestinal parasitic infections is much higher in developing countries. School-aged children are at higher risk from the burden of disease, because they specially have many parasitic infections.
- Trial name
- NCT01619254
- Testing
- Hand washing with soap and hand finger nail clipping
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 365 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mekelle University
Malnutrition, Diarrhea
WASH Benefits Bangladesh
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to measure the independent and combined effects of interventions that improve water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutrition on child growth and development in the first years…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Diarrhea, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT01590095
- Testing
- Water quality, Sanitation, Hand washing
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Respiratory Infection, Gastroenteritis
STOPFLU: Is it Possible to Reduce the Number of Days Off in Office Work by Improved Hand-hygiene?
Improved hand hygiene is known to reduce transmission of both respiratory (RTI) and gastrointestinal infections (GTI) under "semi-closed" conditions such as hospitals, day-care centres and schools.
- Trial name
- NCT00821509
- Testing
- Hand washing, Disinfectant rubbing
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 683 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Hand Hygiene
Technology-assisted Index on Improving Hand Hygiene of Registered Nurses
In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the use of a multi-faceted, multi-modal hand hygiene strategy (Five Moments for Hand Hygiene) to improve hand hygiene compliance among healthcare staff.
- Trial name
- NCT04508114
- Testing
- Technology-assisted Index
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Hand, Hygiene Practices and Knowledge
Effectiveness of VR on the Sustainability of Hand Hygiene Compliance: School-based RCT With 10-month Follow-up
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a VR intervention on teaching handwashing skills which are promoted by the Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, HKSAR.
- Trial name
- HKU-VR-2026 (NCT07659340)
- Testing
- VR Handwashing Game (2 sessions), VR Handwashing Game (1 session) + Video on hand hygiene (1 session)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Hand Hygiene Practices Among Nurses, Nursing Education
Effects of Virtual Reality Hand Hygiene Simulation on Nurses' Hand Hygiene
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are an important patient safety concern, and hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures for preventing their transmission.
- Conditions
- Hand Hygiene Practices Among Nurses, Nursing Education, Simulation Training, Virtual Reality
- Trial name
- NCT06788405
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Hand Hygiene Simulation, Standard Hand Hygiene Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Askin Selvi
Nosocomial Infection
Evaluation of Body-worn Multimodal Hand Hygiene System. Impact on Health-Care Associated Infections
Evaluate the efficacy of a multimodal hand hygiene system in the intensive care unit environment and evaluate any impact on health care associated infections.
- Trial name
- Sprixx-ICU (NCT01050608)
- Testing
- Body worn alcohol gel dispenser, 62% ethanol based hand cleanser, Educational component with regard to teaching CDC guidelines
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,954 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Acute Respiratory Infection, Influenza-like Illness
Kent State University / Price Chopper Employee Wellness Study
This is a comprehensive randomized cluster hand-hygiene improvement intervention to reduce: self-reported acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) / influenza-like-illness (ILI) and gastrointestinal (GI) illness, absenteeism…
- Conditions
- Acute Respiratory Infection, Influenza-like Illness, Gastrointestinal Infection
- Trial name
- NCT03454009
- Testing
- Multimodal hygiene intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kent State University
Efficacy of Hand Hygiene Protocols
Efficacy of Alcohol Hand-rubbing Covering All Hand Surfaces in Reducing Bacterial Hand Contamination of Healthcare Staff
This is a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of three hand hygiene protocols, during routine inpatient clinical care: Protocol 1: handrubbing with alcohol covering all hand surfaces in no particular order…
- Trial name
- B/07/310 (NCT01337856)
- Testing
- Hand hygiene protocol
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Mindfulness, Education, Medical
Mindfulness to the Clinical Setting: The Mind Hand Connection Study
This is a single center, randomized study that assessed the effects of mindfulness training on physician teaching teams at a VA hospital.
- Conditions
- Mindfulness, Education, Medical, Hand Hygiene, Patient Safety
- Trial name
- MHC (NCT03165799)
- Testing
- Mindfulness Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Hand Hygiene Training, Infection Prevention and Control
Effectiveness of an Edge AI-based Augmented Reality System for Hand Hygiene Training: a Multi-centre, Mixed-methods Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
This multi-centre, mixed-methods cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an edge artificial intelligence (AI)-based augmented reality (AR) training and assessment system for improving hand…
- Conditions
- Hand Hygiene Training, Infection Prevention and Control, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Health Education
- Trial name
- HANDHEART (NCT07280026)
- Testing
- Instructional Video + Scanner Feedback, Edge AI-based AR Hand Hygiene Training System
- Where
- 3 sites in China, Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hygiene
Behavioral Determinants That May Influence People's Hand-hygiene and Environment Disinfecting
An anonymous online survey will be conducted to measure the barriers and facilitators parents and teachers experience to positively influencing children's hand-hygiene.
- Trial name
- NCT04382690
- Testing
- All participants will be asked to respond to the same survey questions
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 3,975 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Warwick
Hand Hygiene
SIMPLIFY the Hand Hygiene Procedure - Three Steps Versus Six Steps for Performing Hand Hygiene (SIMPLIFY Study)
Hand hygiene is one of the most important measures to prevent healthcare associated infections. A hand hygiene technique consisting of three steps may be superior to the 6-step technique outlined by the World Health Organization…
- Trial name
- SIMPLIFY (NCT04187040)
- Testing
- Study intervention: 3-step hand hygiene technique, Control intervention: 6-step hand hygiene technique
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland