Rural nurses' use of universal precautions in relation to perceived knowledge of patient's HIV status

Investigating the knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns of operating room staff towards standard and transmission‐based precautions: results of a cluster analysis

“…2002). Young et al. (1996) also found that rural nurses increased their use of PPE if they knew their patients were HIV‐positive.…”

“…Hammond et al (2003) also found that the house officers had 16% compliance rate with strict universal precautions (UP) guidelines. Studies suggests that non-compliance with the precautions is affected by different factors, such as age, level of training, experience in using UP, knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns (Young et al 1996, Jeffe et al 1997). Gould et al (1996) reported that one-quarter of sampled nurses were unable to state all the precautions necessary before handling blood/bodily fluids, and their knowledge was reported to be poor.…”

“…(2003) also found that the house officers had 16% compliance rate with strict universal precautions (UP) guidelines. Studies suggests that non‐compliance with the precautions is affected by different factors, such as age, level of training, experience in using UP, knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns (Young et al. 1996, Jeffe et al.…”

Protecting health care workers from SARS and other respiratory pathogens: Organizational and individual factors that affect adherence to infection control guidelines

“…Nurses who were educated in a more disease-driven infection control model, in which precautions were used only when the patient was known to be infected by a given pathogen, appear to be less comfortable with the UP model, as compared with recent graduates. 42 Students and other HCWs may look to attending physicians as role models. However, younger physicians, house staff, and medical students have been found to be more complaint with UP than senior physicians.…”

Prevalence of and risk factors for non-compliance with glove utilization and hand hygiene among obstetrics and gynaecology workers in rural China

“…However, different measures for compliance have been used by different researchers. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Anhui province is located in the north-west area of East China, extending across the basins of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. It has an area of 0.13 million km 2 , with 17 cities, 61 counties and 1841 towns/townships, and a total population of about 62.78 million in 2000.…”