Table 2.

Feasibility of Hemodialysis Infection Prevention Protocols Ontario—Shower Technique (HIPPO-ST): pilot randomized trial

Objective	Outcome measure	Criteria for success	Results
Primary objective is to determine the feasibility of the HIPPO-ST study design defined by 5 outcomes below:
1. To assess the accuracy of capturing the CRB rate within the satellite HD setting	The level of agreement between the date the nurse contacts the coordinator to inform them of a suspected infectiona and when the culture was sent to the laboratory	κ > 0.80	1.0
2. To determine the percentage of satellite HD patients with catheters who are screenedb	The percentage of HD patients with catheters who are screened for eligibility among all HD patients	>95%	97.8%
3. To determine the percentage of eligible HD patients who consent	The percentage of consented eligible patients among all eligible patients	>80%	44.2%
4. To measure the success of HIPPO-ST teaching	The percentage of patients in the intervention arm passing the Shower Technique Test at 3 and 6 months	≥80% of patients randomized to HIPPO-ST	88.4%
5. To determine the percentage of participants in the control arm who are using aspects of the intervention	The percentage of controls who are using aspects of the HIPPO-ST that they were not using at baseline	<5% of participants in the control arm	0%

HD, hemodialysis.

^aCatheter-related infection defined by the Health Canada guidelines and determined by the independent event adjudication committee (see previously published protocol for full details²⁷).

^bScreening was challenging in remotely located satellite units (compared to in-center HD).