Actively Recruiting
Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients (CHAMPs)
Led by Case Western Reserve University · Updated on 2025-05-06
250
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
167 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
C
Case Western Reserve University
Lead Sponsor
L
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Clean Hands Accessible and Manageable for Patients (CHAMPs)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 65 years or older
- Admitted to a medical-surgical unit
- Expected hospital stay of more than 24 hours
- Able to provide written informed consent within 24-48 hours of admission
- Speak and read English
- Physical ability to use the CHAMPs system
- Sufficient hearing and vision to understand and use the intervention
You will not qualify if you...
- Terminal illness preventing interaction with CHAMPs
- Behavior disorder
- Violent behavior
- Physical or cognitive impairments preventing use of CHAMPs
- Limitations in understanding or using CHAMPs
- Undergoing radiation or chemotherapy preventing interaction with CHAMPs
- Skin disorders
- Broken skin on hands
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Lous Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
Actively Recruiting
2
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Shanina C Knighton, PhD
CONTACT
C
Curtis Donskey, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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