1997
DOI: 10.1086/647517
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Healthcare Workers' Attitudes and Compliance With Universal Precautions Gender, Occupation, and Specialty Differences

Abstract: Jeffe, Donna B.; Sunita, Mutha; L'Ecuyer, Paul B.; Kim, Lynn E.; Singal, Renee B.; Evanoff, Bradley A.; and Fraser, Victoria J., "Healthcare workers' attitudes and compliance with universal precautions: gender, occupation, and specialty differences". Infection

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“…Similarly, PEI do not affect health care workers equally. Differences in PEI rates between hospital department, job description, gender and medical specialty have all been reported in other studies [7,8,9,10,11]. Although nurses often suffer the largest proportion of all PEI [12], hospital support workers may also be burdened in this regard [13].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 69%
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“…Similarly, PEI do not affect health care workers equally. Differences in PEI rates between hospital department, job description, gender and medical specialty have all been reported in other studies [7,8,9,10,11]. Although nurses often suffer the largest proportion of all PEI [12], hospital support workers may also be burdened in this regard [13].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 69%
“…Although nurses often suffer the largest proportion of all PEI [12], hospital support workers may also be burdened in this regard [13]. Differences in compliance with infection control procedures are known to exist between doctors and nurses [8,14], suggesting unequal variations in occupationally-related PEI risk. Job-related variations in PEI reporting rates have also been found in some studies [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Multiple educational interventions and the introduction of several safer devices have contributed to this substantial decrease. [8][9][10][11] Significant differences were found in the patterns of occurrence of percutaneous injury among the hospitals studied. Most published data are from large, adult, urban hospitals, and may not accurately reflect which personnel, locations, equipment, and activities are at the highest risk at other types of facilities.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…En los últimos años se han producido avances importantes en el campo de la autoprotección ante las infecciones (Jeffe et al, 1997;Wiwanitkit 2002;Doebbeling 2003).Los puntos más destacables han sido la estandarización de las medidas higiénicas, la implantación de sistemas de descontaminación de las manos y también, los cambios en la aplicación de medidas para evitar las infecciones cruzadas (Doebbeling 2003;Garner 1996) . Son normas sencillas de fácil aplicación pero que requieren no sólo conocerlas sino también adoptarlas en la prác-tica profesional (Jeffe et al, 1997;Kim et al 1999).…”
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“…Son normas sencillas de fácil aplicación pero que requieren no sólo conocerlas sino también adoptarlas en la prác-tica profesional (Jeffe et al, 1997;Kim et al 1999). Cambiar hábitos profesionales no es fácil, por eso es muy importante que los estudiantes aprendan todas estas medidas en su formación básica para conseguir que los nuevos profesionales de la salud trabajen de una forma segura para ellos mismos y para las personas que atenderán en un futuro pró-ximo (Wiwanitkit 2002;Gershon et al, 1995;Koenig & Chu 1995;Boyce& Pittet 2002;WHO.2006).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified