Trial reportContact dermatitis2019
Evaluating the effect of electronic monitoring and feedback on hand cream use in healthcare workers: Healthy Hands Project.
Trial report in Contact dermatitis, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- A behaviour change package to prevent hand dermatitis in nurses working in the National Health Service: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.The British journal of dermatology · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of a skin care programme for the prevention of contact dermatitis in healthcare workers (the Healthy Hands Project): A single-centre, cluster randomized controlled trial.Contact dermatitis · 2019Trial
- Evaluating the effect of electronic monitoring and feedback on hand cream use in healthcare workers: Healthy Hands Project.Contact dermatitis · 2019Trial
- Interventions and Implementation Strategies for Preventing Occupational Contact Dermatitis: A Scoping Review.Contact dermatitis · 2026Article
- Moisturising Gloves as a Solution for Occupational Skin Health: Advances and Challenges.Contact dermatitis · 2025Review
- On board the technology ship for patient safety؛ use of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems in healthcare.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Occupational Hand Dermatitis.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2023Review
- Using Implementation Science to Optimize the Uptake of Evidence-Based Medicine into Dermatology Practice.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2020Review
- Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and mHealth: The Frontiers of the Prevention of Violence Against Children.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2020Review
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundHealthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of developing hand dermatitis (HD). Current guidelines on HD prevention recommend the use of emollients; however, in practice, adherence is poor.
objectiveTo assess whether the provision of creams, electronic monitoring and feedback on cream consumption can improve skin care in HCWs.
methodsA cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted on 19 academic hospital wards, including 501 HCWs, for 12 months. The intervention wards (n = 9; 285 HCWs) were provided with hand cream dispensers equipped with an electronic system to monitor use, which was regularly communicated to the HCWs by the use of posters. The process outcomes were self-reported cream consumption in both groups, and electronically measured consumption per ward in the intervention group (IG) vs the control group (CG).
resultsSelf-reported cream use at follow-up was significantly higher in the IG than in the CG, before (odds ratio [OR] 2.27; 95%CI: 1.29-3.97; P = 0.004) and during (OR 3.30; 95%CI: 1.80-6.06, P < 0.001) the shift, whereas at baseline there was no difference between the groups. In the IG, electronically measured cream use was, on average, 0.4 events per shift per HCW.
conclusionThe intervention improved hand cream use, and may therefore be considered as a practical strategy to promote skin care in HCWs. Notwithstanding this, the application frequency remained lower than recommended in the present study and current guidelines.
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