Effectiveness of The HH Training

Running Head: UTF-8: How about hand hygiene compliance and hospital acquired infection
UTF-8: HOW ABOUT HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE AND
HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION

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UTF-8: How about hand hygiene compliance and hospital acquired infection
Table of Contents
Background................................................................................................................................3
Supporting the chosen topic by chosen two papers....................................................................3
Study method.............................................................................................................................4
Study result.................................................................................................................................4
Comparing outcomes.................................................................................................................5
Ethical considerations................................................................................................................5
Reference list..............................................................................................................................7

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UTF-8: How about hand hygiene compliance and hospital acquired infection
Background
This study is criticizing two quantitative research articles on Mete & Akin (2018) and
Li et al. (2019). Both of these papers have investigated hand hygiene (HH). The article of
Mete & Akin (2018) is about understanding the effectiveness of the HH training. The aim of
this study is to get a better understanding of the importance of training for hygienic hand
wash on the knowledge and practices of HH. On the other hand, Li et al. (2019) have
mentioned that the aim of their research is to obtain a clear insight into the knowledge,
attitude, and practices of patients regarding HH.
Both of these articles are significant to nursing and it can enrich the knowledge of
nurses regarding the importance of maintaining HH by patients and healthcare professionals
to reduce the risks of hospital-acquired infection (HAI). Outcomes of these studies have
successfully met their aims of knowing the importance of HH compliance.
Supporting the chosen topic by chosen two papers
The PICOT question chosen for this assignment is: Does hand hygiene reduces the
risk of hospital-acquired infection? Both articles are related to a quantitative approach, where
each and every aspect can help to realize the importance of HH and its use to eliminate
hospital-acquired diseases. In the research conducted by Mete & Akin (2018), a non-
randomized trial is done in which the effectiveness of HH training of 63 nurses was assessed
before and after testing. Moreover, improvements in the HH actions and their impact on
infections were measured. On the other hand, Li et al. (2019), conducted a cross-sectional
survey that was conducted in a medical hospital to measure their knowledge about HH and
infections. In this study, a random sampling method was applied. In this research, a
quantitative questionnaire is used to conduct a survey to measure knowledge about HH and
HAI, which can be compared with the PICOT question. However, in the study of Mete &
Akin (2018) non-randomized trial was done to select nurses for training. Data were compared