Derde 2014.
Methods | Design: ITS Study period: May 2008‐April 2011 6 month baseline period, 7 month intervention period, 11 month follow up |
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Participants | Europe. 13 ICUs | |
Interventions | Multimodal campaign based on WHO 5 Moments | |
Outcomes | Direct observation of hand hygiene; not clear for how long or how often | |
Notes | Inappropriate analysis for ITS (no segmented regression or equivalent) Funding source: European Commission Declaration of interest: None They also conducted a cluster‐randomised trial related to screening and barrier use which did not have hand hygiene as an outcome |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Not specified |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Data collectors were nurses from the study units trained in data collection |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Missing data (missed opportunities) unlikely to be very different in the different study periods |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | No evidence of selective reporting |
Other bias | Low risk | No evidence |
Intervention independent | High risk | Other changes occurred in phase 3 of the study re screening for MRSA and other pathogens, plus concurrent use of barrier and contact precautions |
Shape of effect pre‐specified | Low risk | Point of analysis is the point intervention |
Intervention had no effect on data collection | Low risk | Same data collection method before and after |