Effect of hand sanitizer location on hand hygiene compliance

Cure, Laila; Enk, Richard Van

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.013

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“…[13] In any way, under any circumstances, the health workers have to eliminate possible contamination of hands before and after patient's contact. [14] This is possible just with hand washing. [15] The essential point is that the medical personnel believed the effects of hand washing in such time and places.…”

Section: Hands Washing a Prerequisite For Infection Controlmentioning

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Bacteriological aspects of hand washing: A key for health promotion and infections control

Ataee

Tavana

et al. 2017

Int J Prev Med

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The aim of this review is to show the historical aspects of hands washing for healthy life and explains how can reduce the transmission of community-acquired infectious agents by healthcare workers and patients. This review article is prepared based on available database. The key words used were hands washing, risk assessment, hands hygiene, bacterial flora, contamination, infection, nosocomial, tap water, sanitizer, bacterial resistance, hands bacterial flora, washing methods, antiseptics, healthcare workers, healthcare personnel, from PubMed, ScienceDirect, Embase, Scopus, Web of Sciences, and Google Scholar. Data were descriptively analyzed. The insistence on hand washing has a history of 1400 years. The research results indicate that the bacteria released from the female washed hands in wet and dry condition was lower than from the male's hands with a significance level (3 CFU vs. 8 CFU; confidence interval 95%, P ≤ 0.001). The valuable results of the study indicated that released amount of bacterial flora from wet hands is more than 10 times in compared to dry hands. In addition, established monitoring systems for washing hands before and after patient's manipulation as well as after toilet were dominant indices to prevent the transfer of infectious agents to the patients. Increasing awareness and belief of the healthcare workers have shown an important role by about 30% reduction in the transfection. Hand washing could reduce the episodes of transmission of infectious agents in both community and healthcare settings. However, hand washing is an important key factor to prevent transmission of infectious agents to patients. There is no standard method for measuring compliance. Thus, permanent monitoring of hand washing to reduce the transmission of infections is crucial. Finally, the personnel must believe that hand washing is an inevitable approach to infection control.

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Section: Hands Washing a Prerequisite For Infection Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bacteriological aspects of hand washing: A key for health promotion and infections control

Ataee

Tavana

et al. 2017

Int J Prev Med

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“…). Cure and Van Enk () further showed that not only location but mainly the visibility had a high impact on use. These factors have not been investigated in equine settings but this is likely to mean that placement of dispensers should be at the entrance of examination rooms and stable blocks, on stable doors and on medicine and bandage carts.…”

Section: Increasing Compliance: a Communal Effortmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Increased accessibility is a major contributor to improved compliance (Cure et al . ; Cure and Van Enk ; Stackelroth et al . ).…”

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The World Health Organization's Clean Hands Save Lives: A concept applicable to equine medicine as Clean Hands Save Horses

Verwilghen

2016

Equine Veterinary Education

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Summary Even before the discovery of germs, the practice of hand hygiene had revealed itself as a crucial element in the fight against infectious diseases. In fact, supported by the historical discoveries and more recent evidence based data, the World Health Organization considers hand hygiene as the pillar of infection control, particularly when related to nosocomial infections. Therefore, the World Health Organization has a strong focus on “Clean Hands Save Lives” campaigns, a principle that is easily translatable into “Clean Hands Save Horses”. Considering the recognised importance given to skin health and integrity as the first principle of good hand hygiene, using decontamination methods and products that are the least harmful to the skin is mandatory. This is why the currently accepted presurgical hand preparation methods do not involve aggressive brushing and disinfecting soaps anymore. Rather, hands should be washed with a neutral pH friendly soap first before a hydroalcoholic solution is applied. Although the principles and benefits of proper hand hygiene have been recognised in the healthcare world, one of the major drawbacks remains the lack of compliance with established protocols. To increase compliance, equine clinics should work on improving product accessibility, enhancing staff and client education as well as helping each other to remember to actually do it. This article reviews historical and current facts on hand hygiene and relates it to equine practice. Clean equine care is safer equine care: it's all in your hands!

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“…They include essential structural framework conditions through which competence resources of clinical personnel can be realized. They include personnel structures (sufficient number and competence of personnel, [24]), material and spatial conditions (sufficient number of disinfectant dispensers, reasonably placed sinks, hospital clothing, [14], [24], [40], [41]), and guidelines on the topics of clothing, jewelry, and fingernails (artificial nails, nail grooming, [14], [40], [41]). First and foremost, the provision of these enablers lies in the responsibility of the institution.…”

Section: Further Development Of the Model Of Hygiene Competence And Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such barriers include for example a very high workload, too few personnel, or high time pressure [24], [30], [33]. Also material and spatial structures, such as for example a lack of disinfection fixtures or impractically placed sinks, can be obstructing influence factors [24], [40]. Activities that carry a high risk of cross-transmission (germ spreading), as well as specific technical-medical procedures (in the OR, anesthesia theater, emergency room, or the ICU) seem to be risk factors for non-adherence of hygiene measures [31].…”

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Why hand hygiene is not sufficient: modeling hygiene competence of clinical staff as a basis for its development and assessment

Gartmeier

Baumgartner

Burgkart

et al. 2019

GMS Journal for Medical Education; 36(4):Doc39

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Effect of hand sanitizer location on hand hygiene compliance

Cited by 64 publications

References 30 publications

Bacteriological aspects of hand washing: A key for health promotion and infections control

Bacteriological aspects of hand washing: A key for health promotion and infections control

The World Health Organization's Clean Hands Save Lives: A concept applicable to equine medicine as Clean Hands Save Horses

Why hand hygiene is not sufficient: modeling hygiene competence of clinical staff as a basis for its development and assessment

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