Systematic review on factors influencing the effectiveness of alcohol-based hand rubbing in healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effectiveness of hand rubbing with alcohol-based handrub (ABHR) is impacted by several factors. To investigate these, World Health Organization (WHO) commissioned a systematic review.

Aim

To evaluate the impact of ABHR volume, application time, rubbing friction and hand size on microbiological load reduction, hand surface coverage or drying time.

Methods

Medline, CINAHL, Web of Science and ScienceDirect databases were searched for healthcare or laboratory-based primary studies, published in English, (1980- February 2021), investigating the impact of ABHR volume, application time, rubbing friction or hand size on bacterial load reduction, hand coverage or drying time. Two reviewers independently performed data extraction and quality assessment. The resul

SUBMITTER: Price L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785453 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature