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A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings
The Good Microbiological Practices & Procedures (GMPP) is the most significant risk control measure as per the fourth edition of the WHO laboratory biosafety manual. Among GMPP, one of the best practices is hand washing. WHO and other public health agencies have published several guidance docume...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9386356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35991070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.965853 |
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author | Sarwar, Samreen Muhammad, Javed Shahzad, Faheem |
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description | The Good Microbiological Practices & Procedures (GMPP) is the most significant risk control measure as per the fourth edition of the WHO laboratory biosafety manual. Among GMPP, one of the best practices is hand washing. WHO and other public health agencies have published several guidance documents on hand washing, that describe closing the tap using a disposable paper towel/tissue paper at the end of hand washing as one of the critical steps. In resource-limited settings, where disposable paper towels cannot be provided at all times, the staff is left with ambiguous instructions on how to close the tap. In this paper, a modified hand washing method is documented that doesn't necessitate the use of disposable paper towels. In this method, both hands and faucets remain in contact with soap for at least 40–60 s. The method was validated by the use of Glo Germ. A survey questionnaire was also designed and conducted for the lab staff (n = 12) of the two laboratories, where this method was implemented, to assess whether this hand washing method brought any improvement in their hand washing practices and implementation. All (100%) of the survey respondents reported that this method of hand washing is more applicable and implementable than the WHO-recommended hand washing technique. Eighty three percentage reported that this modified method of hand washing raised their hand washing compliance. The authors suggest that this hand washing method can be used in resource-limited laboratory settings as an effective GMPP to ensure infection control. |
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spelling | pubmed-93863562022-08-19 A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings Sarwar, Samreen Muhammad, Javed Shahzad, Faheem Front Public Health Public Health The Good Microbiological Practices & Procedures (GMPP) is the most significant risk control measure as per the fourth edition of the WHO laboratory biosafety manual. Among GMPP, one of the best practices is hand washing. WHO and other public health agencies have published several guidance documents on hand washing, that describe closing the tap using a disposable paper towel/tissue paper at the end of hand washing as one of the critical steps. In resource-limited settings, where disposable paper towels cannot be provided at all times, the staff is left with ambiguous instructions on how to close the tap. In this paper, a modified hand washing method is documented that doesn't necessitate the use of disposable paper towels. In this method, both hands and faucets remain in contact with soap for at least 40–60 s. The method was validated by the use of Glo Germ. A survey questionnaire was also designed and conducted for the lab staff (n = 12) of the two laboratories, where this method was implemented, to assess whether this hand washing method brought any improvement in their hand washing practices and implementation. All (100%) of the survey respondents reported that this method of hand washing is more applicable and implementable than the WHO-recommended hand washing technique. Eighty three percentage reported that this modified method of hand washing raised their hand washing compliance. The authors suggest that this hand washing method can be used in resource-limited laboratory settings as an effective GMPP to ensure infection control. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9386356/ /pubmed/35991070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.965853 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sarwar, Muhammad and Shahzad. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Sarwar, Samreen Muhammad, Javed Shahzad, Faheem A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings |
title | A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings |
title_full | A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings |
title_fullStr | A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings |
title_full_unstemmed | A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings |
title_short | A modified hand washing method for resource limited settings |
title_sort | modified hand washing method for resource limited settings |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9386356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35991070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.965853 |
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