دورية أكاديمية
Establishment of district-led production of WHO-recommended Alcohol-Based Hand Rub (ABHR) during the COVID-19 pandemic: a model for improving access to ABHR during health emergencies
| العنوان: | Establishment of district-led production of WHO-recommended Alcohol-Based Hand Rub (ABHR) during the COVID-19 pandemic: a model for improving access to ABHR during health emergencies |
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| المؤلفون: | Fred Tusabe, Mohammed Lamorde, Alexandra Medley, Maureen Kesande, Matthew J. Lozier, Sauda Yapswale, Francis Ociti, Herbert Isabirye, Elly Nuwamanya, Judith Nanyondo, Amy Boore, Waverly Vosburgh, Juliet N. Kasule, Caroline Pratt, David Berendes |
| المصدر: | Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Vol 13, Iss 10, Pp 847-856 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | IWA Publishing, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | alcohol-based hand rub, community locations, hand hygiene, health emergency, healthcare facilities, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066 |
| الوصف: | In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we established and sustained local production of Alcohol-Based Hand Rub (ABHR) at a district scale for healthcare facilities and community, public locations in four districts in Uganda. District officials provided space and staff for production units. The project renovated space for production, trained staff on ABHR production, and transported ABHR to key locations. The production officer conducted internal ABHR quality assessments while trained district health inspectors conducted external quality assessments prior to distribution. Information, education, and communication materials accompanied ABHR distribution. Onsite ABHR consumption was monitored by site staff using stock cards. On average, it took 11 days (range: 8–14) and 5,760 USD (range: 4,400–7,710) to setup a production unit. From March to December 2021, 21,600 L of quality-controlled ABHR were produced for 111 healthcare facilities and community locations at an average cost of 4.30 USD/L (range: 3.50–5.76). All ABHR passed both internal and external quality control (average ethanol concentration of 80%, range: 78–81%). This case study demonstrated that establishing centralized, local production of quality-controlled, affordable ABHR at a district-wide scale is feasible and strengthens the ability of healthcare workers and community locations to access and use ABHR during infectious disease outbreaks in low-resource countries. HIGHLIGHTS We established centralized, local production of quality-controlled, affordable Alcohol-Based Hand Rub (ABHR) at district-level during infectious disease outbreaks.; This ABHR production is feasible and enables regular access to quality-assured ABHR during infectious disease outbreaks.; Production units were operational within 11 days after site selection, ABHR costs were less than $5/L.; |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2043-9083 2408-9362 |
| Relation: | http://washdev.iwaponline.com/content/13/10/847; https://doaj.org/toc/2043-9083; https://doaj.org/toc/2408-9362 |
| DOI: | 10.2166/washdev.2023.143 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/633ac1fa5a2d4a74a8f1aa056a8afcd6 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.633ac1fa5a2d4a74a8f1aa056a8afcd6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20439083 24089362 |
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| DOI: | 10.2166/washdev.2023.143 |