Promoting hand hygiene in healthcare setting

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

ABSTRACT
Main purpose of this project is to identify the ways that helps in promoting of
hand hygiene in healthcare setting. This is a main purpose and for accomplishing this,
different activities or chapters will be completed by investigator. Introduction is a first
activity of this project that is completed by developing research aim and objectives,
explaining overview and background of the study etc. This activities will support the
researcher in executing of next activity systematically. Literature review is a next activity
that was done by collecting secondary data from secondary sources such as
magazines, books, articles, publication research etc. These are consider main sources
that helped researcher in attainment of research aim and objectives. Research
methodology is a main activity that was completed through positivism research
philosophy, deductive approach, quantitative research, questionnaire etc. These are
effective for researcher in collection of quantitative information regarding the ways of
promoting hand hygiene. Data analysis is essential part that was successfully
completed by researcher through frequency distribution analysis as an analytical tool.
MS-Excel software also followed by investigator for making graphs according to the
research questions. Conclusion and recommendations has been completed by
explaining entire information of project in clear manner. In recommendations, some
suggestions related to the topic were provided to the researcher that helped in research
completion and attainment of research aim.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW ..............................................................................................................6
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................1
FEASIBILITY STUDY- RESOURCES AND BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS..................8
IMPACT..........................................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS..........................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

TITLE: Promoting hand hygienic within health care setting.
INTRODUCTION
Background of Research
Hands are main pathways of the germ/pathogen transmission at the time of care.
Hand hygiene is necessary measure in order to neglect germs transmission as well as
prevent the health related infections. This is one of the effective way of the cleaning of
one hand which minimizes the potential pathogens on hands. It is regarded as main
measure for minimizing transmitting infection risk between health care personnel and
patients. The continuous hand washing is an effective way to remove germs, prevent
germs spread to the others (Alshehari, Park and Rashid, 2018). In situation of COVID-
19, it is necessary to wash hand with soap and use sanitisers in order to prevent it. In
regards to this, practising that consists use of the alcohol based hand rub and it is
simplest way for preventing pathogens spread as well as infection within healthcare
setting. Other than this, promoting the better hand hygiene is effective way for
increasing safety as well as health care quality facilities. The better hand hygiene
consisting between health workers and patients that assists in stop infection spread,
control bacterial risk mutations and makes healthcare more significant. Other than this,
in healthcare setting give the hand sanitizers to patients and check to assure that they
are using it. It is necessary to pay attention to the hand hygiene at end of the shifts as it
is when clinicians are likely to washing hands. WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in
Health Care give the health care workers, hospital authorities and the hospital
administrations with thorough evidence review on the health hygiene in the health care
and particular recommendations in order to improve practices and minimize pathogenic
microorganism to patients. Present guidelines are mainly intended to executed in any
condition under which the healthcare is provided either to parties or particular group in
population (Von Lengerke and et. al., 2017). This mainly applied to all the setting where
the health care is occasionally or permanently perform like home care through to birth
attendants (Carter and et. al., 2016).
Rationale of Research
The present research has been taken into consideration on ways for promoting
hand hygienic within health care setting. Researcher will conduct the investigation in

personal and professional context. In personal context, an investigator wants to
enhance is knowledge about the effective promotional ways through which the hand
hygiene can be promoted. On the other hand, in professional context, researcher can
able to enhance the research and analytical skills in order to conducting research
activities in systematic manner. This will be helpful to an investigator to getting the
positive outcomes in future (Deyneko and et. al., 2016).

LITERATURE REVIEW
Title 1: Importance of Hand hygiene for the health care setting
According to the Allegranzi, B (2020). Hand hygiene refers to the way of cleaning
an individual's hand that considerably reduces potential pathogens on one's hands. It is
considered a primary and main measure for decreasing the risk of transmitting infection
or ill health among health care personnel and patients. Procedures of hand hygiene
includes the use of hand washing with soap and water and alcohol-based hand rubs. In
case of surgical procedures, use a surgical hand scrub before placing on sterile
surgeon’s gloves. For non-surgical and routine dental examinations procedures,
perform an alcohol based hand rub and use water as well antimicrobial soap specific for
healthcare setting. Along with this, unless hands are visibly soiled for example dirt, body
fluids, blood etc., an alcohol-based hand rub is preferable over soap as well as water in
most clinical situations because it requires less time, produces reduced bacterial counts
on hands, improves skin condition with less dryness and irritation than soap and water.
Hand hygiene is important way because it helps in preventing of infections. Hospital
patients are most at risk of processing infections, especially when they have a surgical
injury or are obtaining medicines or fluids via a tube into their body (Haac and et. al.,
2017). Having clean hands is essential and most effective way of making sure an
individual do not pass on ill health that could come in the patient’s body via a wound or
tube entry point. Hand hygiene is the most essential and significant procedure, even to
keep spread bacteria from the atmosphere of the patient to the patient himself. Hand
hygiene is important in healthcare setting because it will helps them in preventing of
coronavirus effectively. Thus, hand hygiene is an effective and essential way of
preventing infections on one's body. This will helps in removing the germs from hands.
This assist prevent inflections because' people rarely touch their nose, mouth and eyes
without even realising it. This is important for people to wash their hands on regular
basis because germs can get into the body via mouth, nose, eyes and make us sick
(King and et. al., 2016). Therefore, it is highly important for healthcare setting and
helps service provides to save patients life.
Title 2: Different factors which impacts on the hand hygiene compliance