Impact of the fluorescent concretization intervention on effectiveness of hand hygiene in nursing students: A randomized controlled study

Teaching health care students hand hygiene theory and skills: a systematic review

“…Three studies were undertaken in the Far East (Fisher et al 2010;Salmon et al 2013;Suen et al 2019), one in Germany (Scheithauer et al 2012), two in the United States (Lavigne and Curran 2015; Kornicki and Miller 2016) and one each in Australia (Kaur et al 2017), India (Chauhan et al 2019), Finland (Korhonen et al 2019) and Turkey (Kısacık et al 2021). Four studies were undertaken with medical students (Fisher et al 2010;Scheithauer et al 2012;Kaur et al 2017;Chauhan et al 2019), five with nursing students, (Salmon et al 2013;Kornicki andMiller 2016, Korhonen, Suen et al 2019;Kısacık et al 2021), and one with pharmacy students (Lavigne and Curran 2015). Some studies recruited students at the earliest possible stage in their course (Kornicki and Miller 2016), others recruited more senior students (Fisher et al 2010), and some research teams included students at different points in their studies (Scheithauer et al 2012).…”

“…One reported a nonrandomised trial (Korhonen et al 2019). Three publications reported randomised controlled trials (Kornicki and Miller 2016;Suen et al 2019;Kısacık et al 2021) and of these one was double-blinded (Kısacık et al 2021), one was a single-blinded trial in which data analysts were unaware of students' group allocation (Suen et al 2019) and in the third trial details of blinding were not apparent (Kornicki and Miller 2016). Students recruited to the experimental groups in the trials received additional teaching and practice.…”

“…Three initiatives provided input on both Five Moments (when to cleanse hands) and the sixstep hand hygiene technique (Salmon et al 2013;Lavigne and Curran 2015;Chauhan et al 2019). Of the remainder, three initiatives concentrated on technique (Kornicki and Miller 2016;Suen et al 2019;Kısacık et al 2021) and one on Five Moments (Fisher et al 2010). Three other research teams did not describe content of the intervention in detail (Scheithauer et al 2012;Kaur et al 2017;Korhonen et al 2019).…”

“…In one study the intervention consisted of a training session followed by practical experience auditing hand hygiene in wards (Fisher et al 2010). In four studies hand hygiene technique was demonstrated with an ultra-violet (UV) light box and fluorescent dye (Scheithauer et al 2012;Kornicki and Miller 2016;Suen et al 2019;Kısacık et al 2021). In four studies theoretical and practical teaching by video were followed by practice in classroom settings without the use of UV technology (Salmon et al 2013;Lavigne and Curran 2015;Chauhan et al 2019;Korhonen et al 2019).…”

“…Two research teams (Kornicki and Miller 2016;Kısacık et al 2021) used a validated scale to assess students' attitudes to hand hygiene and employed a validated questionnaire to determine which areas of the hands escaped contact with the cleansing agent. The other research teams using UV technology undertook simple counts of missed areas (Scheithauer et al 2012;Suen et al 2019).…”