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Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients (CHAMPs)
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University
Summary
This study proposes the novel use of a bedrail-affixed technology-based patient hand hygiene system with verbal and visual reminders to improve hospitalized older adults' self-management of hand hygiene practice, which in return reduces harmful germs found on older adult's hands that lead to infections.
Official title: Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients (CHAMPs): A Technology-based Self-management Intervention to Improve Patient Hand Hygiene and Reduce Hand Contamination Among Older Adults
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
65 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
250
Start Date
2023-08-17
Completion Date
2026-10-31
Last Updated
2025-05-06
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients
Use of a patient-smart hand sanitation dispenser that provides reminders that are non-beeping reminders.
Locations (2)
Lous Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States