REACH Project: Gel Dot Audits Data
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These data were collected prospectively for the REACH study, funded by the NHMRC GNT1076006, in 11 Queensland hospitals, between May 2016 and July 2017. This single dataset is the complete records of gel dot audits to measure effective cleaning practices throughout the REACH trial.
Hardware used to analyse data: DAZO® Fluorescent marking gel, Ultraviolet (UV) light torch and an iPad mini.
Software used to analyse data: iCombat software (provided by Visibility Solutions; set up according to site ward structure), R, Microsoft Excel.
Access rights
Data is available for open access. For queries relating to the data, please contact Professor Adrian Barnett. For queries relating to the REACH project, please contact Alison Farrington (Research Project Manager).
Geographical area of data collection
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Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, VIC;
Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA;
Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA;
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital, Chermside, QLD;
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW;
Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, TAS;
Northern Hospital, Epping, VIC;
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD;
Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Herston, QLD;
St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Spring Hill, QLD;
University Hospital Geelong, Geelong, VIC.
Publications
Mitchell BG, Hall L, White N, Barnett AG, Halton K, Paterson DL, Riley TV, Gardner A, Page K, Farrington A, Gericke C, Graves. An environmental cleaning bundle and health-care-associated infections in hospitals (REACH): a multicentre, randomised trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(18)30714-X/fulltext
Research areas
Hospital cleaning audit
Health
Economics
Public
health
and
health
services
Frequent touch points
Cite this collection
Mitchell, Brett G; Hall, Lisa; White, Nicole; Barnett, Adrian; Halton, Kate; Paterson, David L; Riley, Tom V; Gardner, Anne; Page, Katie; Farrington, Alison; Gericke, Christian A; Graves, Nicholas (2019): REACH Project: Gel Dot Audits Data. Queensland University of Technology. (Dataset) https://doi.org/10.25912/5c9c4879d4c99
Related information
Australian Centre For Health Services Innovation (AusHSI)
https://www.aushsi.org.au/
Partner institution
Kimberly-Clark Professional
https://www.kcprofessional.com.au/
Ecolab Pty Ltd
https://www.ecolab.com/
Whiteley Corporation
https://www.whiteley.com.au/
Wesley Medical Research
https://www.wesleyresearch.org.au/
Australian Catholic University
https://www.acu.edu.au/
University of Western Australia
https://www.uwa.edu.au/
Avondale College
http://www.avondale.edu.au/
Data file types
Types: Records of 25443 gel dot audits from 11 Australian hospitals; 1729 ward cleaning staff; 190 wards; 11% of available beds audited three monthly.
File format: .xlsx.
File size: 18KB
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-SA)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Copyright
© Queensland University of Technology, 2019.
Dates of data collection
From 2016-05-01 to 2017-07-31
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Date record created:
2019-03-28T13:47:54
Date record modified:
2019-10-30T12:33:57
Record status:
Published - Open Access