Priority 14 from the Healthcare Associated Infections PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: How effective is alcohol gel in preventing HCAI? (Priority 14) | |
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| Overall ranking | 14 |
| JLA question ID | 0088/14 |
| Explanatory note | Use of alcohol gel in NHS hospitals is almost universal. However, alcohol gel is not effective against certain bacteria. It may give a false sense of security and may decrease the importance given to other methods of infection prevention such as handwashing or development of alternate effective solutions. Knowing how effective alcohol gel will help in identifying whether there is a need to develop new interventions and use additional measures to prevent the spread of HCAI. |
| Evidence |
None identified |
| Health Research Classification System category | Infection |
| Extra information provided by this project | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | Is the effectiveness of alcohol gel proven to be the best way to decrease bacteria? |
| Submitted by | 1 x Healthcare Professional |
| Project information | |
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| Project unique ID | 0088 |
| Project name | Healthcare Associated Infections |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this project. | 259 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 28 February 2019 |