Education Program of Hand Hygiene for Nursing Students

NCT05872581 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HSEARS20230103002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 280
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to design and test a multicomponent education program of hand hygiene in nursing students. The main aims are:

1. 1.conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of this program on knowledge and practice of hand hygiene in nursing students;
2. 2.evaluate the effects of each component and collect feedbacks from participants.

Conditions

Hand Hygiene

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Practice of hand hygiene

  The percentage (from 0 to 100%, the higher scores mean a worse outcome) of fluorescent gel residual on hands shown in the hand scanner will be used as an objective assessment for efficacy of hand washing in individual participants.

  5 minutes after hand washing

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge of hand hygiene

  10 minutes before and 10 minutes after hand washing

Study Arms (4)

Hand scanner instant feedback

EXPERIMENTAL

Hand scanner results only but no training videos will be provided.

Behavioral: Hand scanner instant feedback

Video training

EXPERIMENTAL

A training video only but no hand scanner results will be provided.

Behavioral: Video training

Hand scanner and Video training

EXPERIMENTAL

Both hand scanner results and a training video will be provided.

Behavioral: Hand scanner instant feedback; Behavioral: Video training

Control group without intervention

NO INTERVENTION

No hand scanner results or training videos will be provided.

Interventions

Hand scanner instant feedback BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be informed about their hand scanner results of the first hand washing attempt to get individualized feedback about their hand wash performance.

Hand scanner and Video training; Hand scanner instant feedback

Video training BEHAVIORAL

Participants will watch a training video about the 7 steps of hand washing after the first hand washing attempt.

Hand scanner and Video training; Video training

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• all year one nursing students from the Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Mental Health Nursing program in School of Nursing

You may not qualify if:

• students with severe eczema or other extreme hand conditions will be excluded

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Squina International Centre for Infection Control, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Chen J, Yang L, Mak YW, O'Donoghue M, Shi C, Tsang H, Lu S, Zou J, Qin J, Xie YJ, Lai T, Li C, Cao J, Pittet D. Hand Hygiene Education Components Among First-Year Nursing Students: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2413835. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.13835.

  PMID: 38869902 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Lin Yang, PhD

  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2023
• First Posted: May 24, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2023
• Study Completion: July 31, 2023
• Last Updated: September 21, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF
• Time Frame: Starting 6 months after publication.
• Access Criteria: The Responsible Party will review the requests.

Locations

HK (1)