Bacterial Reduction of Hand Contamination: Hand Rubbing with Alcohol-Based Solution or Hand Washing with Soap and Water?

Akuoko, Cynthia Pomaa

dc.contributor.author	Akuoko, Cynthia Pomaa
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-06T23:22:28Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-06T23:22:28Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.issn	2422-8419
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/30479
dc.description	STAFF/FACULTY PUBLICATIONS (E-JOURNAL)	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Health care-associated infections (HAIs) occur worldwide and affect both developed and developing countries. Hand hygiene, including hand washing (washing hands with plain soap), hygienic hand washing (washing hands with medicated soap) and hygienic hand rubbing (use of antiseptic rubs or solutions) had been recommended as effective in preventing and controlling HAIs. Thus a mini-review was conducted to answer the question is alcoholbased hand sanitizer more effective than standard hand washing with soap and water in bacterial reduction during patient care? Two studies were reviewed which showed statistically significant difference between before and after hand rubbing with alcohol-based and hand washing with soap and water. However bacterial reduction in alcoholbased solution was higher than that of soap and water (0.85 vs 0.58). Keywords: hand hygiene, hand washing, hand rubbing, bacterial reduction DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/67-09 Publication date:October 31st 2019	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	CHRISTIAN SERVICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol.67,;Vol.67,
dc.subject	hand hygiene, hand washing, hand rubbing, bacterial reduction	en_US
dc.title	Bacterial Reduction of Hand Contamination: Hand Rubbing with Alcohol-Based Solution or Hand Washing with Soap and Water?	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US