Hand cleaning with ash vs water or no wash: Infectionsa
It is very uncertain whether hand cleaning with ash changes infectionsa compared with water or no wash (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Hand cleaning with ash vs water or no wash Infectionsa · people at risk of viral and bacterial infections It is very uncertain whether hand cleaning with ash changes infectionsa compared with water or no wash (very low certainty). Hand cleaning with ash for reducing the spread of viral and bacterial infections: a rapid review (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.5 [0.13, 1.96] | 1 study · 196 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand cleaning with ash for reducing the spread of viral and bacterial infections: a rapid review 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.