Scrubby Bear can make an impact on your community

Glasby, Constance; Snow, Betsey Lewis

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“…After review of the full text of these studies, 21 were excluded for the following reasons: no outcomes of 7 records identified through reference list handsearching (26,38,(42)(43)(44)(45)(46) 21 failed to meet inclusion criteria (23-26, 28-30, 32-40, 42-46) Inappropriate intervention (23- 26,34,33,37,38,43) Inappropriate study design (36,39,40) Inappropriate outcome (28) Inappropriate population (44) Not relevant (29,30,32,35,42) Review (45,46) 4 eligible studies identified (10,27,31,41) INITIAL MANUSCRIPT n = 25 (10, 2 eligible studies identified (15,16) after manuscript submission interest (n = 1), inappropriate population (n = 1), inappropriate interventions (n = 9), inappropriate study design (n = 3), irrelevant subject matter (n = 5), and review (n = 2). Thus, a total of 4 trials fulfilled the inclusion criteria [10,27,31,41].…”

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A systematic review of the effectiveness of antimicrobial rinse-free hand sanitizers for prevention of illness-related absenteeism in elementary school children

Meadows

Saux

2004

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundAbsenteeism due to communicable illness is a major problem encountered by North American elementary school children. Although handwashing is a proven infection control measure, barriers exist in the school environment, which hinder compliance to this routine. Currently, alternative hand hygiene techniques are being considered, and one such technique is the use of antimicrobial rinse-free hand sanitizers.MethodsA systematic review was conducted to examine the effectiveness of antimicrobial rinse-free hand sanitizer interventions in the elementary school setting. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Biological Abstract, CINAHL, HealthSTAR and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register were searched for both randomized and non-randomized controlled trials. Absenteeism due to communicable illness was the primary outcome variable.ResultsSix eligible studies, two of which were randomized, were identified (5 published studies, 1 published abstract). The quality of reporting was low. Due to a large amount of heterogeneity and low quality of reporting, no pooled estimates were calculated. There was a significant difference reported in favor of the intervention in all 5 published studies.ConclusionsThe available evidence for the effectiveness of antimicrobial rinse-free hand sanitizer in the school environment is of low quality. The results suggest that the strength of the benefit should be interpreted with caution. Given the potential to reduce student absenteeism, teacher absenteeism, school operating costs, healthcare costs and parental absenteeism, a well-designed and analyzed trial is needed to optimize this hand hygiene technique.

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A systematic review of the effectiveness of antimicrobial rinse-free hand sanitizers for prevention of illness-related absenteeism in elementary school children

Meadows

Saux

2004

BMC Public Health

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A pilot study to develop and evaluate a program to teach 13 Grade 1 children with disabilities about handwashing was conducted at Glenrose School, which is located within Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital. Children aged 6 to 8 years were taught how and when to wash their hands. Handwashing skills were evaluated before the teaching began, immediately following the teaching program, and at 1, 3, and 5 months postteaching. The children's handwashing skills did improve, with the girls generally scoring higher than the boys on both washing techniques and times of washing on all the testing occasions. Although the children had fewer visits to the doctor, took fewer prescribed antibiotics, and had fewer infectious illnesses than they did for the same time period the previous year, other variables, in addition to the teaching program, may have contributed to the outcome. A revised handwashing program is now included in the Grade 1 curriculum.

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Scrubby Bear can make an impact on your community

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A systematic review of the effectiveness of antimicrobial rinse-free hand sanitizers for prevention of illness-related absenteeism in elementary school children

A systematic review of the effectiveness of antimicrobial rinse-free hand sanitizers for prevention of illness-related absenteeism in elementary school children

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