Healthcare personnel and hand decontamination in intensive care units: knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour in Italy

Prevalence of Needlestick Injuries Among Medical Students at a University in Iran

“…2 Among the most serious occupational hazards for medical students are injuries from sharp instruments and devices (sharps) and needlestick injuries (NSIs) and the associated risk of exposure to bloodborne viruses, including HBV, HCV, and HIV 3 ' 4 The rate of acquisition of a bloodborne virus depends on the prevalence of the virus among the patient population and the susceptibility of the health care worker. 5 Recent estimates of rates of acquisition among susceptible health care workers were 6% to 30% for HBV, 5% to 10% for HCV, and 0.3% for HIV. 6 Administration of preexposure vaccination or prophylaxis is more than 9.0% effective in the prevention of HBV infection, less effective in the prevention of HIV infection, 7 and not effective in the prevention of HCV infection.…”

“…5 " 7 However, we did not inform the residents directly of the vaccination rates; instead, we informed their supervisors. Because we did not feed information back to the residents directly, part of our treatment effect may have been the result of a Hawthorne effect.…”

Perspective of Health Care Professionals in Two Teaching Hospitals Regarding Hand Hygiene

“…Other studies have also quoted very high figures about the knowledge of health care workers regarding the importance of HH to prevent nosocomial infections (4)(5)(6)(7)(8). In a study from Shiraz, Iran which tested the knowledge and attitudes of the nursing staff about HH, 65.5% of respondents gave correct answers to all questions regarding knowledge items (9).…”

Hand Hygiene

“…60,197,492,608,609,613,633,634 The selection of hand hygiene products is a key component of hand hygiene promotion, and at the same time a difficult task. The selection strategy requires the presence of a multidisciplinary team (e.g.…”