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ArticleWellcome open research2022

A qualitative study exploring hand hygiene practices in a neonatal unit in Blantyre, Malawi: implications for controlling healthcare-associated infections.

Helen Mangochi, Rachel Tolhurst, Victoria Simpson, Kondwani Kawaza, Kondwani Chidziwisano, Nicholas A Feasey, Tracy Morse, Eleanor MacPherson

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Helen MangochiBehaviour and Health Group, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-4824
Rachel TolhurstLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Victoria SimpsonLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0695-3422
Kondwani KawazaPediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Kondwani ChidziwisanoCentre for Water, Sanitation, Health and Appropriate Technology Development, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
Nicholas A FeaseyBehaviour and Health Group, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-1405
Tracy MorseCentre for Water, Sanitation, Health and Appropriate Technology Development, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4185-9471
Eleanor MacPhersonBehaviour and Health Group, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Clinical Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7142-1158

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/S004793/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Antimicrobial ResistanceBlood stream infectionsInfection Prevention and control practiceNeonatal SepsisWater and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH)

Identifiers

PMID37224320
PMCPMC10170178

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