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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN96340690
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DOI
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10.1186/ISRCTN96340690
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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EudraCT number
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Public title
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Effectiveness of alcoholic hand disinfectants in a public administration
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Scientific title
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Effectiveness of alcoholic hand disinfectants in a public administration: impact on health and work performance related to acute respiratory symptoms and diarrhoea
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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Large community studies in Europe and USA have shown that communicable diseases have a great impact on morbidity and lead to millions of lost days at work, school and university each year. Hand disinfection is acknowledged as key element for infection control, but its effect in open, work place settings is unclear. Our study assessed the epidemiological and economical impact of alcoholic hand disinfectants use at work place.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Ethics Board of the Medical Faculty of the University of Greifswald approved on the 27th January 2010 (ref: BB02/10)
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Study design
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Prospective controlled intervention-control group design
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Countries of recruitment
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Germany
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Acute respiratory symptoms, diarrhoea
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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We recruited employees from the administration of the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, the municipality of Greifswald and the state of Mecklenburg-Pomerania, for the study. All administrative officers, who do not already apply hand disinfection at work, were considered for participation.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Officers who already use alcoholic hand disinfection
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Anticipated start date
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01/03/2005
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Anticipated end date
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01/04/2006
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
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Target number of participants
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850
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Interventions
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Participants in the intervention group were instructed how to use the hand rub and advised to use it at least five times daily, especially after toilet use, blowing nose, before eating and after contact with ill colleges, customers, and archive material. The hand rub was only used at work, while hand hygiene at home was not changed. Hand hygiene remained unchanged in the control group. During the study, close contact was maintained with all participants.
Every participant was observed for 12 months.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Monthly surveys were sent to participants of both groups collecting data on illness symptoms (common cold, sinusitis, sore throat, fever, cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza, diarrhoea) and associated absenteeism. Test persons reported illness and absenteeism days per month for each symptom. Appearance of at least one day ill was counted as an illness episode for the current month.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Participants filled out a post-study survey to assess post-intervention compliance with hand hygiene.
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Sources of funding
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Bode Chemie GmbH (Germany) - provided hand disinfectant free of charge
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Dr
Nils-Olaf
Hübner
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Address
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Rathenaustr. 49a
Biotechnikum
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City/town
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Greifswald
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Zip/Postcode
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17489
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Country
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Germany
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Email
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nhuebner@uni-greifswald.de
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Sponsor
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Bode Chemie GmbH (Germany)
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Address
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Melanchthonstrasse 27
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City/town
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Hamburg
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Zip/Postcode
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22525
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Country
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Germany
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Email
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guenter.kampf@bode-chemie.de
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.bode-chemie.de/
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Date applied
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23/03/2010
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Last edited
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12/04/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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12/04/2010
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