Hand Hygiene: Qualitative and Quantitative Studies

Running head: HAND HYGIENE
HAND HYGIENE
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HAND HYGIENE
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Table of Contents
Qualitative and Quantitative Studies...............................................................................................2
Background......................................................................................................................................2
Method of studies............................................................................................................................3
Result of studies...............................................................................................................................4
Ethical consideration.......................................................................................................................5
Outcome comparison.......................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6

HAND HYGIENE
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Qualitative and Quantitative Studies
The primary aim of the project is to examine the hand hygiene protocol and different way
by which it can be maintained. In order to address it, two qualitative and two quantitative
research article will be critiqued on the basis of PICOT questions. The two quantitative research
article by Sasahara et al. (2016) has explained about the effect of not maintaining hand hygiene
and study by (Winship and McClunie (2016) is based on the identification of factors which
influence the hand hygiene agreement. The two qualitative research article by Hong et al. (2015)
is based on hand hygiene check system, and study by Smiddy, O’connell and Creedon (2015) is a
systematic review of hand hygiene compliance. The critical analysis of the paper is done by
answering the PICOT questions covering the background information of each paper, study
design and method used, the result of the paper, evaluating the ethical principle of each paper
and comparing its outcome with the predictable result of PICOT question.
Background
The clinical problem of a quantitative study of Sasahara et al. (2016) and (Winship and
McClunie (2016) are that due to non-maintenances of hand hygiene by the nurse, it lead to
bacterial infection in the hospital which is causing poor health improvement among the patient.
Both studies are significant it is seen from research that exposure to infection is mainly caused
by the hospitals workers which can lead to high mortality rate of the patients therefore, it is
important to study the issue to find a way to curb it. The main purpose of the study of Sasahara et
al. (2016) is to find the level of contamination of bacterial spores among health care worker. The
research question of the study is to what is the effect of bacterial infection in the health care unit?
The purpose of (Winship and McClunie (2016) are to examine the factors that influence hand