U.S., Sept. 25 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07839442) titled 'CHIPCAT and HFMD-PREP for HFMD Prevention in Childcare Centres in Kota Kinabalu' on Sept. 08.
Brief Summary: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is endemic in Malaysia and disproportionately affects children in childcare settings, where institutional infection prevention and control (IPC) capacity is frequently inadequate. This study develops and evaluates two linked tools: CHIPCAT (Childcare Infection Prevention Capacity Assessment Tool), which generates the Infection Prevention Capacity Index (IPCI) as an institutional capacity score, and HFMD-PREP (HFMD Prevention and Response Enhancement Programme), a structured capacity-buildi...