Effect of Tissue Paper versus Air Dryer for Drying Hands on Skin Inhabited Bacteria in Obstetrical Wards | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 41, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2019, Page 576-585 PDF (270.64 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.232021 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Sahar Abdelrady Elkheshen1; Rania El-Kurdy* 2; Somaia A. Negm3; Marwa Ibrahim Hamdy Aboraiah2 | ||||
| 1Maternity and Neonatal Nursing Department, Misr University for Sciences and Technology, Egypt | ||||
| 2Woman’s Health and Midwifery Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Biochemistry, Faculty of AHS, Laboratory Major, Misr University for Sciences and Technology, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Transmission of bacteria commonly occurs from wet skin than from dry skin. Thus, nurses and midwives are considered front-line conquerors who need to wash their hands too often, for infection prevention and control. This study aims to compare the effect of tissue paper versus air dryer for drying hands on skin inhabited bacteria in obstetrical wards. Study design: Comparative study was used between the two method of drying hand. The number and types of bacteria covering the nurses’ hands were determined before and after hand hygiene using the two drying techniques for all nurses on duty in the ante, intra, and post-natal wards. Sampling: A purposive sample of all nurses (30) who are working in the (ante, intra, and postnatal) maternity wards of El-Nada maternity hospital, Egypt was recruited. Tools: Three tools were used for data collection. Tool I was occupational and demographic questionnaire. Tool II an observational checklist to assess the way and the time of drying hand used in each group. Tool III: Microbiological assessment tool to assess and compare pathogenic bacteria in each group. Results: Using air dryers for at least 45 seconds resulted to fewer transient and resident bacteria remained on the skin (P > 0.001) compared with those found after drying hand using tissue paper. Conclusion and Recommendations: Hands dried by air dryer harbors fewer viable bacteria than the hands dried with tissue paper. Air dryers are recommended to reduce resident and transient hand bacteria. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Midwife; Routine Hand Hygiene; Jet Air Dryers; Resident Bacteria; Microbiology | ||||
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