Effectiveness of the Alcohol-based Sanitizer Over Soap

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Introduction to nursing research
Name
Institution
Quantitative Studies

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Background
The research work intends to demonstrate the comparison on effectiveness of the alcohol-
based sanitizer over soap and water in controlling Nosocomial Infection or Cross Infection. The
nursing significant of the research study to the nursing department for controlling cross
infections among the population is to find the best sanitizer or disinfectant which will be
appropriate for controlling cross-infections since some of the infectious germs have become
resistant to some of the sanitizers used by the households. The main objective of the article is to
analyze hand hygiene practice in teaching hospitals.
The two articles will be used to answer the PICOT question since they provide information
based on the findings, procedures and ideas concerning the research question. They have
information which could be relied upon by the research team therefore they play an important
role in responding to the PICOT question.
The interventions and comparison identified in the two articles chosen concerning the
PICOT question can be summarized that, the detergents under comparison can improve patient
hand hygiene and may reduce the occurrence of HCAIs with enhancement of hand hygiene rates,
however, alcohol sanitizer is best preferred than the soap and water detergent as some of the
bacteria have developed resistance mechanism on water and soap detergent, therefore alcohol
sanitizers proves to be the best in controlling cross infections (Seo, et al.,2019).

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Based on the comparison of the two detergents by authors of the chosen articles concerning
the PICOT question, they give the best solution on the PICOT question by comparing the two
detergents on their efficacy in control the cross infections which might be passed through hands
or body contact. It has enabled the hospital management body to adopt alcohol sanitizer as the
best control of the cross infections hence contributes to the hygiene maintenance in such public
hospitals.
Methods of study
Various method of study has been applied by the two articles in studying the difference
between the alcohol based hand sanitizer and the water and soap sanitizer in controlling cross
infections among the patients for a longer stay. Such study methods include observation, cohort
study, statistical and analysis. Observation process has been applied in the study thus resulting
from the experiment conducted on the two sanitizers. The relevancy of the detergents in
questions that is alcohol sanitizer and the soap and water detergents to the PICOT question has
been identified through observing the practical results. According to Lezak, Missig & Carlezon
Jr (2017), one of the benefits of observations as a method of study has been identified as a cheap
and easy method of studying as compared to other methods of study, on the other hand,
observation method is prone to misjudgments since it depends on individuals’ observation skills.
Comparative cohort study refers to the type of medical research applied in investigating
the causes of disease to establish links between the risk factors and the health outcome (Goodkin,
et al., 2017). The study is applied in the case of PICOT question in an attempt to find the best
control measure for the cross infections by determining the efficiency of alcohol based hand
sanitizer and the soap and water detergent used in hand washing for patients at the hospital.