Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance in Nursing Homes: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (HANDSOME Study)

Gwen R Teesing   ^{1, 2} , MA, MSc ;   Vicki Erasmus   ¹ , PhD ;   Mariska Petrignani   ^{3, 4} , MD ;   Marion P G Koopmans   ⁵ , DVM, PhD ;   Miranda de Graaf   ⁵ , PhD ;   Margreet C Vos   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Corné H W Klaassen   ⁶ , PhD ;   Annette Verduijn-Leenman   ⁷ , MSc ;   Jos M G A Schols   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Jan Hendrik Richardus   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Helene A C M Voeten   ^{1, 2} , MSc, MA, PhD

¹ Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

² Municipal Public Health Service Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

³ Municipal Public Health Service Haaglanden, Den Haag, The Netherlands

⁴ Municipal Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

⁵ Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

⁶ Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

⁷ Pieter van Foreest, Delft, The Netherlands

⁸ Department of Health Services Research and Department of Family Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands