An interventional study of Hand Hygiene Improvement Intervention and Ask Me 3 in Respiratory Tract Infections and Gastrointestinal Infections, sponsored by Kent State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-05-06.
Sponsored by Kent State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple intervention to improve hand hygiene, consisting of a 3-4 minute training video, on-site posters, and hand hygiene supplies, can reduce respiratory and GI illness among employees.
The purpose of this study is to determine if a simple random cluster intervention trial to improve hand hygiene, consisting of a 3-4 minute training video, on-site posters, and hand hygiene supplies, can reduce respiratory and GI illness among those in the intervention group compared to the control group. The intervention was performed among employees in a Midwestern public government setting. Employees in the treatment group received a 3-4 minute training video online that was embedded in the baseline survey. Motivational posters from the USDHHS encouraging proper hand hygiene were installed in the workplace, along with hand hygiene supplies. The control group received a program called "Ask Me 3" developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation; the intervention consisted of a 3-4 minute training video to encourage clear communication with their health care providers, a brochure discussing the Ask Me 3 principles of clear communication with health care providers, and a key-ring with the Ask Me 3 communication principles to promote more effective communication with health care providers at visits out side of work. The groups were followed monthly through surveys over the Internet for an average of three months after baseline to determine if a relative reduction in self-reported respiratory / GI infections occurred in the intervention group compared to the control group.
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Hand Hygiene Improvement Intervention: Participants receive a 4 minute training video about actions to take to reduce risk of respiratory and GI infections that includes hand hygiene practices, along with educational posters and hand hygiene supplies.
Behavioral: Hand Hygiene Improvement Intervention
Participants in the control group received a 4 minute training video about the Ask Me 3 program for clearer communication with health care providers, a brochure, and a key chain containing principles for clear communication with health care providers.
Behavioral: Ask Me 3
Participants received a 4 minute video about protective hand hygiene behaviors and other activities (cough ettiquette, and staying home when ill) to reduce the risk of contracting respiratory tract and GI infections. In addition, motivational posters and hand hygiene supplies were distributed in the work setting.
Participants in the control group received a 4 minute training video about the "Ask Me 3" program to promote effective communication with health care providers, along with an "Ask Me 3" brochure and a key-chain with the "Ask Me 3" principles for effective communication with health care providers.
Relative reduction in self-reported respiratory and gastrointestinal infections
Monthly surveys elicited information among employees in both the intervention and the control group about self-reported usual hand hygiene practices, symptoms of respiratory and GI infections and missed work days due to these symptoms during the prior 30 days. After the close of the study, statistical analysis was conducted to determine relative reductions in the intervention group compared to the control group regarding: self-reported infections and work days missed due to such infections.
Time frame: prior 30 days as elicited by self-report on four monthly surveys
Self-reported missed days of work due to symptoms of respiratory and gastrointestinal (GI) infections
Monthly surveys were administered over the Internet for an average of three months to determine if a relative reduction occurred in the intervention group compared to the control group in self-reported missed days from work due to symptoms of respiratory or GI infections.
Time frame: Monthly surveys for an average of three months
Self-reported usual daily hand hygiene behaviors
Monthly surveys were administered for an average of three months to determine if a relative improvement from self-reported hand hygiene behaviors was seen in the intervention group compared to the control group, from baseline information.
Time frame: Monthly self-report surveys for an average of three months from baseline
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