Title: Effects of different hand-washing methods in accompanying nursing people in Burn Ward
Abstract: Objective
To discuss the effects of two different hand-washing methods of accompanying nursing staff members in Burn Ward.
Methods
Convenience sampling method was used to select 150 accompanying nursing staff members of patients with burn injury from August 2015 to December 2015. They were divided in to experimental group (even number) and control group (odd number) according to the sequence number of hospitalization. In the control group, accompanying nursing staffs were used health essence anti-virus hand soap (I) plus seven-step hand-washing method to wash hands for 3 minutes, followed by rinsing with running water for 30s, leaving specimen after natural drying. Accompanying nursing staffs in the experimental group were used health essence mixtalol hand disinfectant plus seven-step hand-washing method to wash hands for one minute, leaving specimen after natural drying. Positive rates of bacteria were compared between the two groups before and after hand-washing.
Results
The positive rates of bacteria between two groups before and after hand-washing and 2 h after hand washing had no statistical significance (P>0.05).
Conclusions
The two sterilizing methods can both be used in accompanying nursing staffs to wash and sterilize hands. The irritation effect of health essence mixtalol hand disinfectant is significantly lower than health essence anti-virus hand soap, which is a more convenient and effective sterilizing method.
Key words:
Burn ward; Hand washing; Disinfect; Hand hygiene; Accompanying nursing staff
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-05-16
Language: en
Type: article
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