Clinical trials: Handwashing
Antisepsis
Pre-surgical Antisepsis Using an Alcoholic Solution of Chlorhexidine Digluconate and Potassium Sorbate ( Sorbectol )
The present study evaluates the effects of bactericidal load reduction after surgical hand antisepsis using the reference antiseptic product propanol- 1 60% as control versus a surgical hand antisepsis with addition of a solution…
- Trial name
- NCT04683146
- Testing
- Hand antisepsis with Propanolol- 1 60%., Hand antisepsis with a solution of alcohol, chlorhexidine digluconate and potassium sorbate.
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centro Ortopedico y Quirurgico del Pie
Develop a New Group Version of the Becker-DeGroot-Marsckek (BDM) Auction to Measure Willingness to Pay of Compound Members for Shared Hardware., Develop a New Survey Instrument to Measure Behavioural Determinants of Hand Washing and Water Treatment Like Disgust and Shame or Social Pressure.
Disgust and Shame Based Safe Water and Handwashing Promotion
An estimated 2.2 million children under the age of 5 years die from diarrheal disease each year. Most of the burden of diarrheal disease is thought to be preventable with improvements in sanitation, water quality, and hygiene.
- Conditions
- Develop a New Group Version of the Becker-DeGroot-Marsckek (BDM) Auction to Measure Willingness to Pay of Compound Members for Shared Hardware., Develop a New Survey Instrument to Measure Behavioural Determinants of Hand Washing and Water Treatment Like Disgust and Shame or Social Pressure., Identify New Methods for Measuring Hand Washing and Water Treatment Behaviour., Compare the Effectiveness of the Disgust and Shame Based Interventions With Standard Public Health Interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT02037243
- Testing
- Standard Public Health Intervention with Water Treatment, Standard Public Health Intervention with Water Treatment & Hand Washing
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Handwashing Behaviors
Effect of a Pilot Group Hand-washing Program on Handwashing Behaviors Among Elementary School Children in Assam
The United Nation's International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is supporting Saba Shikha Abihyan (SSA) (Education-for-All Mission) of the Government of Assam (GoA) under their Water-Sanitation-Hygiene in School (WinS)…
- Trial name
- NCT02617225
- Testing
- DHaAL Intervention, DHaAL + CFSS Intervention
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 823 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Network for Engineering and Economics Research and Management
Hand Disinfection
Evaluating the Impact of Behavioral Nudges on Student Hand-washing in Elementary Schools in the Philippines
This study evaluates the impact of school-based behavioral "nudges" installed in toilets and handwashing facilities on handwashing behavior among students in the Philippines.
- Trial name
- NCT04244799
- Testing
- Behavioral nudges, National WASH policy
- Where
- Philippines
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IDinsight
Escherichia Coli Change
Improving the Supertowel: An Alternative Hand Cleaning Product for Emergencies
The Supertowel is a microfiber towel treated with a permanent anti-microbial bonding and has been designed as a soap alternative in emergency situations.The treated fabric must be dipped in water and then rubbed against the hands…
- Trial name
- Supertowel (NCT04312334)
- Testing
- Control, Treatment
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sepsis, Umbilical Cord
Perinatal Handwashing Intervention in Bangladesh
The purpose of this study is to determine if an intensive handwashing intervention administered to primiparous women during their pregnancy can increase maternal handwashing with soap at critical times.
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Umbilical Cord, Infection
- Trial name
- NCT01309321
- Testing
- Perinatal Handwashing Promotion, Neonatal Health Promotion
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
People Who Inject Drugs
Evaluation of an Educational Intervention on Abscesses in People Who Self-inject Drugs
The goal of this cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) is to to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention combining training in hand-washing with the supply of MONO-RUBs on the reduction of skin abscesses…
- Trial name
- HAWA (NCT06131788)
- Testing
- Educational hand hygiene intervention
- Where
- 22 sites in France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Hand Washing Behavior, Hand Cleansing Behavior
Waterless Hand Cleansing With Chlorhexidine During the Perinatal Period
Background (brief): 1. Burden: Neonatal death still unacceptably high in low income countries. The common causes of neonatal death are pneumonia, sepsis and omphalitis.
- Conditions
- Hand Washing Behavior, Hand Cleansing Behavior, Chlorhexidine, Neonatal Period
- Trial name
- NCT01955317
- Testing
- Hand cleansing with chlorhexidine, Mother and neonatal health counselling
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Hand Washing
Optimization of Surgical Hand Preparation Using Sorbectol
Previous studies evaluated the efficacy of the hydroalcoholic solution of 3% digluconate of chlorhexidine, 0.3% potassium sorbate and 70% ethanol, "Sorbectol" (Spanish patent ES 2 784 275 B2) in the surgical hand preparation with…
- Trial name
- NCT06688890
- Testing
- Surgical hand rub with the reference product; n-propanol 60%., Surgical hand rub with the product P1; Sorbectol for 1 min., Surgical hand rub with the product P2; Sorbectol for 3 min.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Behavior
WASH for Everyone: Testing Alternative Approaches to Sanitation and Hygiene Behaviour Change in Chiradzulu, Malawi
This study aims to assess the impact of multiple community-based behaviour change approaches on sanitation and hygiene behaviours in rural Malawi.
- Trial name
- W4E (NCT05808218)
- Testing
- Community-Led Total Sanitation, Care Groups
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 2,800 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Infection, Neonatal
Intervention Study to Improve Maternal Handwashing
The purpose of the handwashing intervention trial is to determine whether an interactive, storytelling approach to promoting handwashing with soap by health care workers can improve mothers' handwashing behavior during the first…
- Trial name
- NCT02764528
- Testing
- Clinic, Clinic + home, Clinic + home + handwashing device
- Where
- Kenya
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Antisepsis
Pre-surgical Antisepsis of Hands After Washing With Triclosan 0.5% Compared to Propan-1-ol 60%
The present study evaluates the effects of bactericidal load reduction after surgical hand scrub antisepsis using the reference antiseptic product propanol- 1 60% as control versus a surgical hand scrub antisepsis with triclosan…
- Trial name
- NCT04538365
- Testing
- Triclosan 0.5 % Topical Solution, propanolol
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centro Ortopedico y Quirurgico del Pie
Hand Hygiene, Hand Washing
Hand Hygiene of Kindergarten Children
Randomized controlled trial to further assess the impact of a digital intervention on hand hygiene of young children. Children in intervention kindergartens will see live instructions and feedback on their hand washing activity…
- Trial name
- NCT05395988
- Testing
- Digital hand washing instructions, Digital hand washing reward
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland, Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
Surgical Hand Washing, Surgical Hand Washing Knowledge
The Effect of Flipped Learning on Handwashing Skills
Brief Summary The aim of this randomised controlled intervention study is to investigate the effect of the flipped learning model on nursing students' knowledge and skills regarding surgical hand hygiene.
- Conditions
- Surgical Hand Washing, Surgical Hand Washing Knowledge, Surgical Hand Washing Skills
- Trial name
- FL-SHW (NCT07563361)
- Testing
- surgical handwashing training with flipped learning method
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Yeliz Ciğerci
Healthy, Actinic Keratosis
PEP005 Gel - Evaluation of Local Tolerability After Exposure to Ingenol Mebutate Gel Followed by Hand Washing in Healthy Subjects
The purpose of this phase 1 trial is to investigate the local tolerability on the finger following exposure to PEP005 Gel 0.015% or 0.05% and hand washing once daily, for 2 or 3 consecutive days.
- Trial name
- NCT01302925
- Testing
- PEP005 Gel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peplin
Chronic Disease, Covid-19 Pandemic
Effect of Hand-Washing Training in Covid-19
This study was conducted in order to inform, the women with chronic disease in rural areas, about hand-washing and nutrition, and to evaluate the efficiency of the training program.
- Trial name
- NCT04957017
- Testing
- Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Malnutrition, Diarrhea
WASH Benefits Kenya
The purpose of this study is to measure the independent and combined effects of interventions that improve sanitation, water quality, handwashing, and nutrition on child health and development in the first years of life.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Diarrhea, Child Development
- Trial name
- WASHB-Kenya (NCT01704105)
- Testing
- Water Quality, Sanitation, Handwashing
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 8,246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovations for Poverty Action
Hand Hygiene
The Impact of WASH on Handwashing Practices Among School Children in Nigeria.
Children are considered as the most vulnerable group of individuals affected by lack of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities which predisposes them to a wide range of enteric diseases particularly diarrhoeal and parasitic…
- Trial name
- WASHEDUP (NCT06486376)
- Testing
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education Against Diarrhoea, Undernutrition and Pneumonia
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Neo Child Initiative for Africa
Influenza
Household Influenza Transmission Study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether nonpharmaceutical interventions (i.e., handwashing and masks) reduce secondary transmission of influenza in households.
- Trial name
- HITS (NCT01251679)
- Testing
- Hand washing, Hand washing and surgical mask
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 2,920 people
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hand Hygiene
Handwashing Knowledge and Practice of Palliative Care
This study was planned as a randomized controlled study to evaluate the effect of hand hygiene training given to the companions in the palliative care service with standard patient simulation on hand washing knowledge and…
- Trial name
- NCT05848596
- Testing
- hand hygiene theoretical training, hand hygiene theoretical + simulation training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Sultanbeyli State Hospital