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Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study
We conducted a quasi-experimental study and compared hand hygiene behaviors at potential pathogen transmission events among outpatient visitors (according to structured observations a trained enumerator) before and after installation of 12 pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges...
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PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33150146 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2020.1863 |
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author | Wichaidit, Wit Naknual, Sommanas Kleangkert, Nanta Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan |
author_facet | Wichaidit, Wit Naknual, Sommanas Kleangkert, Nanta Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan |
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description | We conducted a quasi-experimental study and compared hand hygiene behaviors at potential pathogen transmission events among outpatient visitors (according to structured observations a trained enumerator) before and after installation of 12 pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges (signs attached to the dispensers) at a tertiary hospital in southern Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. The enumerator observed 243 events during the pre-intervention period and 223 events during the postintervention period. Prevalence of hand hygiene was significantly different between the pre-intervention and post-intervention periods (0 vs 24 events, or 0% vs 11%, respectively; p-value <0.001). However, 21 of 24 hand hygiene events were of participants who came from outside the observation area, used the dispensers, then left. Nonetheless, the intervention might have helped to increase access to hand hygiene materials and created opportunities for hand hygiene among hospital visitors in general. |
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spelling | pubmed-76072282020-11-03 Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study Wichaidit, Wit Naknual, Sommanas Kleangkert, Nanta Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan J Public Health Res Brief Report We conducted a quasi-experimental study and compared hand hygiene behaviors at potential pathogen transmission events among outpatient visitors (according to structured observations a trained enumerator) before and after installation of 12 pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges (signs attached to the dispensers) at a tertiary hospital in southern Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. The enumerator observed 243 events during the pre-intervention period and 223 events during the postintervention period. Prevalence of hand hygiene was significantly different between the pre-intervention and post-intervention periods (0 vs 24 events, or 0% vs 11%, respectively; p-value <0.001). However, 21 of 24 hand hygiene events were of participants who came from outside the observation area, used the dispensers, then left. Nonetheless, the intervention might have helped to increase access to hand hygiene materials and created opportunities for hand hygiene among hospital visitors in general. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2020-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7607228/ /pubmed/33150146 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2020.1863 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Wichaidit, Wit Naknual, Sommanas Kleangkert, Nanta Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study |
title | Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study |
title_full | Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study |
title_fullStr | Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study |
title_full_unstemmed | Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study |
title_short | Installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hospital-based quasi-experimental study |
title_sort | installation of pedal-operated alcohol gel dispensers with behavioral nudges and changes in hand hygiene behaviors during the covid-19 pandemic: a hospital-based quasi-experimental study |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7607228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33150146 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2020.1863 |
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