The effect of a hand hygiene intervention on infections in residents of nursing homes: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Gwen R TeesingJ H RichardusD NieboerM PetrignaniV ErasmusA Verduijn-LeenmanJ M G A ScholsM P G KoopmansM C VosH A C M Voeten

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2021)

As in comparable studies, we could not conclusively demonstrate the effectiveness of an HH intervention in reducing HAIs among residents of nursing homes, despite the use of clearly defined outcome measures, a standardized reporting instrument, and directly observed HH in a multicenter cluster RCT. Trial registration Netherlands Trial Register, trial NL6049 (NTR6188). Registered October 25, 2016, https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/6049 .

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