Forward from: Amir Hossein Loghman
#Hand_hygiene
#Facemask
#Prevention
❓ Does adherence to personal protective measures (e.g. hand hygiene or wearing of facemask) prevent pandemic diseases like influenza?
🔶 Developing a specific treatment or vaccine for a novel disease is a long and time consuming process, indicating the necessity of Personal protective measures as inexpensive method to prevent future pandemics in early stages
🔷 Meta-analyses of 16 studies suggest that:
✅ Regular hand hygiene provided a significant protective effect (OR = 0.62; 95% CI 0.52–0.73; I2 = 0%) against 2009 pandemic influenza infection
❎ Facemask use provided a non-significant protective effect (OR = 0.53; 95% CI 0.16–1.71; I2 = 48%) against 2009 pandemic influenza infection
🔴 Results suggest that campaigns to increase the frequency of hand hygiene, alongside use of facemasks in situations with a high risk of exposure, are likely to contribute to preventing pandemic influenza infection
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436516300858?via%3Dihub
@SRMEG_USERN
#Facemask
#Prevention
❓ Does adherence to personal protective measures (e.g. hand hygiene or wearing of facemask) prevent pandemic diseases like influenza?
🔶 Developing a specific treatment or vaccine for a novel disease is a long and time consuming process, indicating the necessity of Personal protective measures as inexpensive method to prevent future pandemics in early stages
🔷 Meta-analyses of 16 studies suggest that:
✅ Regular hand hygiene provided a significant protective effect (OR = 0.62; 95% CI 0.52–0.73; I2 = 0%) against 2009 pandemic influenza infection
❎ Facemask use provided a non-significant protective effect (OR = 0.53; 95% CI 0.16–1.71; I2 = 48%) against 2009 pandemic influenza infection
🔴 Results suggest that campaigns to increase the frequency of hand hygiene, alongside use of facemasks in situations with a high risk of exposure, are likely to contribute to preventing pandemic influenza infection
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436516300858?via%3Dihub
@SRMEG_USERN