Higgins 2013.
| Methods | Design: ITS Study period: Baseline for 2 months in November ‐ December 2009 and multimodal campaign to end of 2010. Then in autumn 2011 an e‐learning hand hygiene game was added; it was moved from ward to ward on a mobile station. Data collected until end of first quarter of 2012 Ireland |
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| Participants | Healthcare workers in 1 hospital | |
| Interventions | An e‐learning hand hygiene game: 1 week per unit, twice in1 year. Staff members had multiple opportunities to use it during that time on unit | |
| Outcomes | Hand hygiene compliance | |
| Notes | Inappropriate analysis for ITS (no segmented regression or equivalent) Funding source: None Declaration of interest: None |
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| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | E‐learning hand hygiene game stations used so participants aware of intervention |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | E‐learning hand hygiene game stations used and visible so observers aware of intervention |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Missing data (missed opportunities) unlikely to be very different in various study periods |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | All relevant outcomes were reported |
| Other bias | Low risk | None noted |
| Intervention independent | High risk | Extra ABHR stations added during the study period and there were 2 interventions occurring at the same time: 1) multimodal and 2) e‐learning hand hygiene game |
| Shape of effect pre‐specified | Low risk | Point of analysis is point of intervention |
| Intervention had no effect on data collection | Low risk | Same data collection method before and after |