U.S., May 27 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07607145) titled 'Tailor VHA HH Bundle for Acute Mental Health Care' on May 19.
Brief Summary: Mental health settings are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks and transmission due to infectious pathogens like norovirus. This occurs since access to soap and water (sinks) is limited for safety reasons and alcohol hand rub is not available outside patient rooms because of concerns for ingestion and fire. Thus, novel hand hygiene improvement interventions are needed in mental health settings including new hand hygiene bundles tailored to VHA mental health settings and novel alcohol-free hand rubs that are safe for installation and use in mental health set...