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Reducing Intraoperative ESKAPE Transmission Through Use of a Personal Hand Hygiene System
Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Summary
The investigators hypothesize that the use of a personal hand hygiene system (SafeHavenTM) by anesthesia providers in the adult operating room, combined with a novel infectious pathogen tracking system (OR PathTrac) will decrease participant exposure to pathologic bacteria in the adult operating room.
Official title: Reducing Intraoperative ESKAPE (Enterococcus, S. Aureus, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, and Enterobacter Spp.) Transmission in the Adult Operating Room Via Use of a Personal Hand Hygiene System Optimized by OR PathTrac
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2022-01-01
Completion Date
2026-06-30
Last Updated
2024-06-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
SafeHaven Automated Hand Hygiene Device
Anesthesia providers in the intervention arm will be given a personal hand hygiene device, containing 64% ethyl alcohol, which provides actionable real-time performance feedback. The personalized device will be affixed to the provider's waist and will remain there for use throughout the perioperative period. Performance feedback is given to the anesthesia provider in real time with the number of personal hand hygiene events and an hourly hand hygiene rate, which is displayed on the device. Devices will be handed out to participating providers in the preoperative bay and retrieved in the post-anesthesia care unit upon case completion.
Locations (1)
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States