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Hand Hygiene Reminders to Reduce Infections in Aging Patients (CHAMPs Trial)

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Recruiting

Led By Shanina C Knighton, PhD

Research Sponsored by Case Western Reserve University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up day 3 or 4

Awards & highlights

CHAMPs Trial Summary

This trial proposes tech-based reminders to help older adults in hospitals practice hand hygiene, reducing germs and infections.

Who is the study for?

The CHAMPs trial is for hospitalized older adults over 65 who are staying in a medical-surgical unit for more than a day. Participants must be able to speak and read English, give written consent shortly after admission, and have the physical ability as well as sufficient hearing and vision to use the hand hygiene system.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

This study tests a new bedrail-affixed technology that reminds patients through verbal and visual cues to practice hand hygiene. It aims to see if this can help reduce germ transmission by improving self-managed hand cleaning practices among older hospital patients.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves non-invasive reminders for hand hygiene, there are no direct side effects from medications or procedures. However, participants may experience inconvenience or annoyance due to frequent reminders.

CHAMPs Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ day 3 or 4

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~day 3 or 4

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and day 3 or 4 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Patient Hand Contamination Counts of Pathogens at Baseline

Patient Hand Contamination Counts of Pathogens at Day 3-4

Patient Hand Contamination Presence/Absence with Select Pathogens at Baseline

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Secondary outcome measures

Patient Hand Hygiene Practice at Baseline

Patient Hand Hygiene Practice at Day 3-4

CHAMPs Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for PatientsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

CHAMPs participants will receive a patient hand-sanitation system attached via an R-shape clip to the bed rail. After it is placed on the bed rail, the personalized verbal electronic audio reminder with the RA's voice to insert the participants' name, " ____ it is (breakfast, lunch, dinner) time, please clean your hands." The times will be within an hour window of 7 a.m., noon, and 5 p.m. The CHAMPs system will be labeled "For Patient Use Only." The times were chosen around meal times because these times also are similar to around the time when medications are being administered. The hands can be a vector for germs to the face and mouth as shown in the literature. On Day 3 or 4 whichever comes later without anticipated discharge, the Interventionist will provide the evaluation of intervention questionnaires, clean the system turn it in to the project manager to retrieve SD card which contains the month, day, time, and number of system usages.

Group II: Usual CareActive Control1 Intervention

Based on the literature reviewed and previous studies, the enrollment and the control group (Group 1- Usual Care) will begin within 24 hours of participants' admission to medical surgical units (4A, 4B, 5A, 5B- Cleveland VA and 9B, 9C, 11C, 7A MetroHealth). Data collection times are: the day of admission (Baseline, Day 0-1) and Day 3-4 between 2pm and 5pm. Participants will be consented for the research study staff to collect swabs for their nares on Day 0-1 and Day 3-4 and their hands at admission Day 0-1 and Day 3-4. No education or hand hygiene products will be provided. It is established that at both institutions a lemon towelette packet is provided with each meal.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

MetroHealth Medical CenterOTHER

114 Previous Clinical Trials

21,139 Total Patients Enrolled

Case Western Reserve UniversityLead Sponsor

299 Previous Clinical Trials

246,332 Total Patients Enrolled

Louis Stokes VA Medical CenterFED

19 Previous Clinical Trials

3,085 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05866393 — N/A

Pathogen Transmission Research Study Groups: Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients, Usual Care

Pathogen Transmission Clinical Trial 2023: Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05866393 — N/A

Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05866393 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Do you have open slots for enrollees in this trial?

"The information posted to clinicaltrials.gov asserts that this medical trial is no longer actively recruiting for participants; the posting was first made on July 31st 2023 and most recently revised on May 18th, 2023. Despite this study's closure, there are still 251 other trials looking for patients presently."

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Recent research and studies

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Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients (CHAMPs)

Shanina Knighton 2023. "Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients (CHAMPs)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05866393.