Hand hygiene assessment in the workplace using a UV lamp

Skodova, Manuela; Urra, F. García; Benítez, Alfredo Gimeno; Romano, María Ramona Jiménez; Ortiz, Alfredo Gimeno

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.003

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“…e commonly missed areas among medical students in the study conducted by Vanyolos et al was the first metacarpal, the proximal part of the palm (lateral), the distal phalanges, and the nail beds [12]. In healthcare workers inŠkodová et al's study, the thumbs and fingertips were the most commonly missed areas [27,28]. In this study, the most frequently missed area was also the fingertips.…”

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The Common Missed Handwashing Instances and Areas after 15 Years of Hand-Hygiene Education

Wong

Lee

2019

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) claimed the lives of 286 Hong Kong people in 2003. Since then, the Hong Kong government has been promoting the benefits of proper hand hygiene. There are few studies that explore the general quality of handwashing and the hand-hygiene practices of the public of Hong Kong; given this, the aim of this study is to explore this neglected topic. This study is a quantitative study that was conducted in January 2018. The results show that the majority of participants only wash their hands after using the toilet (87%) or handling vomitus or faecal matter (91%). The mean duration of handwashing was 36.54 seconds (SD = 18.57). The areas of the hand most neglected during handwashing were the fingertips (48.1%), medial area (30.5%), and back of the hand (28%). A multiple logistic regression shows that participants who have reached third-level education or higher often tend to be more hand hygienic than those who have not reached third-level education (p≤0.001, B = 1.003). Thus, participants aged 30 and above tend to neglect 5 more areas of the hand than those aged below 30 (p=0.001, B = 4.933).

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The Common Missed Handwashing Instances and Areas after 15 Years of Hand-Hygiene Education

Wong

Lee

2019

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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“…The findings of the present study converge with data from research conducted with medical academics of the University of Debrecen (8) , in which the hand areas less affected by hands hygiene were the dorsal regions of the thumb and first metacarpal, as well as palm regions between the second and fifth metacarpals. Study carried out in a hospital in Spain (11) investigated the quality of the hand hygiene technique performed by 133 physicians and 241 nurses. The results of this investigation showed that the thumbs were correctly sanitized by only 52 (39.1%) nurses and 96 (39.8%) physicians; and fingertips by only 63 (47.3%) nurses and 124 (51.4%) physicians.…”

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“…Studies have so far shown the importance of assessing practitioners' knowledge, risks, attitudes and perceptions for hand hygiene as a means of designing healthcare-related infection prevention programs associated with any level of care (6)(7)(8) . In this context, adequate training both in undergraduate course (9) and in professional practice (10)(11) through specific training interventions is also as an effective means of intervention.…”

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Assessment of hand hygiene of nursing and medical students

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Objective: to verify the ability of nursing and medical academics related to hand hygiene technique. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study carried out with 61 academics. Hands hygiene with 70.0% alcohol gel was used, in which Visirub® fluorescent dye was added, which allowed observing areas not contemplated during hand hygiene and investigation of the eight steps recommended by the World Health Organization. Results: 35.7% of nursing academics and 15.1% of medical students used the hand hygiene technique with 70.0% alcohol gel following the eight recommended steps. The least accomplished steps by the nursing academics were "rubbing the back of each hand with the back of the other", as 46.4% did not perform it. Among medicine students, the least accomplished step was "rubbing the back of the fingers with the palm of the other hand", by 63.6%. No scholar was able to contemplate all areas. Conclusion: no academic has been able to perform hand hygiene in all areas properly, hence the need to reinforce the correct technique.

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“…Over last few years, there has been a wide use of ultraviolate (UV) based uorescent markers for assessing quality of hand hygiene [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. This technological intervention involves performance of recommended WHO six steps using Alcohol-based hand rub with a uorescent marker by health care workers followed by viewing under UV based lamp to identify the quality of hand hygiene.…”

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Health Technology Assessment of Ultraviolate light based imaging technology to reduce burden of hospital acquired infections: A Study Protocol

Shah

Kotwani

Saha

2020

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Background: HAIs impart a huge clinical and economic burden in India. Healthcare worker’s compliance to hand hygiene protocol can play an important role in preventing the transmission of cross-infection and thus reducing the HAIs. Over last few years, there has been a wide use of ultraviolate (UV) based fluorescent markers for assessing quality of hand hygiene. This Health Technology Assessment (HTA) study will be conducted with the aim to identify low cost, easy and feasible strategy having potential to get integrated in the current health system to deal with issue of HAI in ICU settings. Methods: The study will be conducted in three phases. The impact of innovation on hand hygiene compliance will be assessed quantitatively by undertaking meta-analysis of secondary literature on UV based imaging tool in improving hand hygiene compliance in ICUs. Following this, the feasibility of using this innovation in developing country like India will be assessed. Decision Analytic modelling will be conducted for cost-effectiveness analysis using health systems perspective. Cost per ICU stay (day) and QALY gained will be calculated and ICER will be reported to comment on the cost-effectiveness of the innovation. Discussion: The HTA study will provide a comprehensive overview of the effectiveness of UV light based imaging device in reduction of HAIs. The results of this HTA study will generate evidence for the decision makers for its incorporation in public healthcare system of India. Systematic review registration: The protocol has been registered in Prospero (Prospero Id: CRD42018108960)

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Hand hygiene assessment in the workplace using a UV lamp

Cited by 16 publications

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The Common Missed Handwashing Instances and Areas after 15 Years of Hand-Hygiene Education

The Common Missed Handwashing Instances and Areas after 15 Years of Hand-Hygiene Education

Assessment of hand hygiene of nursing and medical students

Health Technology Assessment of Ultraviolate light based imaging technology to reduce burden of hospital acquired infections: A Study Protocol

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