Evaluation of potentiality of traditional hygienic practices for the mitigation of the 2019–2020 Corona Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorRipanda, Asha
dc.contributor.authorMiraji, Hossein
dc.contributor.authorSule, Khalfani
dc.contributor.authorNguruwe, Salvatory
dc.contributor.authorNgumba, Julias
dc.contributor.authorMtabazi, Geofrey Sahini
dc.contributor.authorVuai, Saidi Hamad
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T06:21:31Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T06:21:31Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text article available at https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13054en_US
dc.description.abstractThe coronavirus outbreak threatens global well-being, costing thousands of lives and an unstable economy. Traditional hand-washing (HaWa) with clean water and hand-washing sanitizers (HaWaSas) are among WHO recommended practices against the outbreaks. HaWaSa and HaWa lacked proper quality monitoring evaluation that may pose health risks. The current study investigates the potential of traditional hygienic practices adopted to mitigate the 2019–2020 Pandemic. It involved assessing the effectiveness of 15 HaWaSa collected from the Dodoma market. Thirty volunteered participants were subjected to different hygienic practices involving HaWa and HaWaSa. The obtained hand-swabbed samples were subjected to the streak plate technique for inoculation, followed by counting colonies. The results revealed that, among the collected HaWaSa brands, only 33.3% were certified by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS). In the setting under no hand-wash, each client had a different number of colony counts. HaWa did not eliminate all colonies since water acted as a secondary source while only one sanitizer proved effective. The p-values obtained in either setting were greater than 0.05, indicating that each variable was independent. Despite global awareness and fighting against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, quality monitoring of all diagnostic tools, preventive HaWaSa, and related drugs should be prioritized for human safeguard.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRipanda, A., Miraji, H., Sule, K., Nguruwe, S., Ngumba, J., Sahini Mtabazi, G., & Hamad Vuai, S. (2022). Evaluation of potentiality of traditional hygienic practices for the mitigation of the 2019–2020 Corona Pandemic. Public Health Nursing, 39(4), 867-875.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13054
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3809
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectCoronavirus diseaseen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectCoronavirus outbreaken_US
dc.subjectHygienic practicesen_US
dc.subjectTraditional hygienic practicesen_US
dc.subjectHand washingen_US
dc.subjectHaWaen_US
dc.subjectHand-washing sanitizersen_US
dc.subjectHaWaSasen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of potentiality of traditional hygienic practices for the mitigation of the 2019–2020 Corona Pandemicen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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