Applied Project 5&6

AUT 540 M8

AUT 540 M8 Handwashing Literature Review.

Nhazanu Yekeh Pessima

Graduate School College of Education, Endicott College,

AUT 540 : AT01-SU23 ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS WITH ASD

Professor. Gloria Satriale

July 23, 2023

Applies Project: Hand Washing

The targeted skill was handwashing, and a variety of interventions will be used while teaching the skill. Hand washing involves the use of soap and running water to kill the accumulated germs likely to cause disease. According to (Praiwa and Negara, 2022) “Washing hands with soap can kill 73% of germs and is more effective at killing germs than using a hand sanitizer which only kills 60% of germs ". This skill is implemented because of continuous training of the young school-going children where they must be educated on how to perform it. Further, in a school setup, there should be available facilities such as taps that have been installed safely for easy access. The teachers in the school environment should offer the necessary support to learners who have not yet mastered the skill for efficiency. They should encourage the students to adopt the habit of washing hands after visiting the toilet, playing, and before eating meals. Research conducted implies that inadequate skills and knowledge in elementary schools are a result of inadequate training from the relevant authorities.

Hand-washing skills are effective when the application of detergents that kill germs is used. For instance, liquid soaps which contain some chemicals for killing germs are advisable. In a school setup, the Ministry of health in various countries has made efforts to provide learners with the required resources (Lao et al., 2023). This has reduced the number of students admitted to hospitals due to diseases like diarrhea. They have spent more time in school, hence concentrating and as a result, improved performance has been realized. Institutions that have developed and implemented the use of technology can use automated machines to wash their hands. Since the emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic globally, most individuals have died due to the disease. However, handwashing techniques were invented to deal with preventive measures. In this intervention, blended learning has been realized with practical accompany theory learning. A machine that has an IR sensor component that can automatically switch on and off is used. The presence of the hand influences the working of the device. This has made work easier and save time for learners in school. "In demonstrating the tool there is a percentage of students with a positive response where as many as 14 students state very good with a percentage of 66.67%, and as many as 4 people state good with a presentation of 19% and as many as 3 people state quite well with a percentage of 14% (Satria e al., 2022). “This has demonstrated the need to adopt current technology in making work easier and timesaving.

The final step for handwashing is drying the hands to remove excess water which may make one uncomfortable. According to (Gião and Vardoulakis, 2022) “Effective hand drying is an important part of hand hygiene that can reduce the risk of infectious disease transmission through cross-contamination of surfaces by wet hands.” While at school, learners can be guided on how to improvise hand-drying items by using locally available materials to save on expenses. Additionally, parents should make some efforts to purchase the items if they are in a position to do so. The research conducted performed a practical demonstration to examine the impact of using different hand dryers. Results implied that bacteria and aerosol concentration increase when individuals under the controlled experiment enter and wash their hands. Further, an increase was realized during the hand drying procedure. A preference was made for jet hair dryers when compared to towel ones. A proper method of washing hands aims at removing the accumulated germs and bacteria which are harmful to the human body.

References

Gião, M. S., & Vardoulakis, S. (2022). Aerosols and bacteria from hand washing and drying in indoor air.  Frontiers in Public Health,  10, 804825.

Lao, C. K., Li, X., Zhao, N., Gou, M., & Zhou, G. (2023). Using the health action process approach to predict facemask use and hand washing in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in China.  Current Psychology,  42(8), 6484-6493.

Pratiwi, E., & Negara, C. K. (2022). The Effect of Health Education Of Children's Song Animations On Knowledge Of Hand Washing With Soap (Ctps) School Age Children During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Gembolngawi Village.  Journal Of Educations,  1(1).

Satria, H., Nasution, M., Mungkin, M., Anisa, Y., & Hardinata, A. (2022). Design and Demonstration of the Use of Automatic Hand Washing Sink Technology in Covid-19 Pandemic Conditions.  International Journal of Education, Information Technology, and Others,  5(2), 127-132.

Siregar, M. F., & Imam, C. (2022). Design Of Automatic Hand Washing System Using Solenoid Valve Based on Microcontroller.  INFOKUM,  10(03), 20-25.