Alcohol-based hand rub in the prevention of diarrhoea and respiratory-tract infection among children in community settings : a systematic review
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: Annually more than 3.5 million children worldwide, less than five years of age die of diarrhoea and acute lower respiratory-tract infections.Over the last two decades, the care of pre-school children outside of their homes has become more common in most parts of the world and has contributed to an increased risk of respiratory-tract and gastrointestinal infections in children.Children attending day-care centres are at an increased risk for diarrhoea and respiratory-tract infections and hands are the primary vehicle for transmission of infectious diseases.Thus, hand hygiene is essential for preventing and controlling of infection in the health care and community settings.Waterless hand sanitizer as an alternative to hand washing was investigated.Rinse-free hand sanitizer programmes in the community may be effective, safe and feasible.The aim of the study was to systematically appraise evidence on the effect of alcohol-based hand rub in the prevention of diarrhoea and acute respiratory-tract infection among children aged five years and below in community settings.The primary outcome of the study was to assess the incidence of respiratory-tract infection and diarrhea.Diarrhoea is defined by the World Health Organization as the excretion of three or more loose or liquid stools per day (or more frequent excretion than is normal for the individual).The secondary outcome was to assess mortality, admission to hospital and duration of hospital stay.A comprehensive search for relevant studies was conducted on the following databases from 1990 to 2014: EMBASE,
Author: Joelynn Geraldine Rachelle Steyn
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2126840989