The experience of Ugandan nurses in the practice of universal precautions [PDF]
, 2015 In Uganda, nurses do not always practice universal precautions unless they know the patients\u27 HIV status. In our study, focused ethnography was used to explore the experiences of Ugandan nurses in the practice of universal precautions while caring for
Mill, Judy +2 more
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Knowledge and practice of universal precautions among nursing students at a teaching hospital
MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2016 Background: Health care Personnel are at higher risk to acquire blood born infections especially nurses who are in continuous contact with the patient during their routine work in health care settings.
T V S Harish Kumar +6 more
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Use of personal protective equipment and operating room behaviors in four surgical subspecialties: personal protective equipment and behaviors in surgery [PDF]
, 1999 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Universal Precautions (UP) compliance in the operating room (OR)
Akduman, Deniz +7 more
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Precautions used by occupational health nursing students during clinical placements
Curationis, 2009 Protection of health care workers including students from being infected when caring for high risk patients is a major cause for concern to all promoting occupational health. Safety of every employee is mandatory.
T.M.M. Maja, M.J. Motshudi
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AWARENESS AND PRACTICE OF UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS BY HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN A TEACHING INSTITUTE
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003 Health Care Workers (HCWs) face a grave risk of acquiring infection including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B & C during the course of their work.
Puneet Dargan +4 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007 Background We conducted an assessment of knowledge about blood borne pathogens (BBP) and use of universal precautions at first level care facilities (FLCF) in two districts of Pakistan.
Chandir Subhash +4 more
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Barriers and factors affecting personal protective equipment usage in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Northern Uganda [PDF]
, 2017 Background: To protect health workers (HCWs) from risky occupation exposure, CDC developed the universal precautions (Ups) including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).
Apio JA +4 more
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Compliance with standard precautions by nursing professionals in high complexity care
Escola Anna Nery, 2019 Objective: To evaluate the compliance with Standard Precautions by nursing professionals from high complexity units. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, carried out in a Brazilian public hospital between January and March 2017.
Daniela Rosa Floriano +5 more
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022 Context: Standard precautions (SP) are infection prevention practices universally used during patient care to lower infection transmission. Aims: The aim of the study was to (1) assess Indian ward attendants' (WAs) knowledge, perceived efficacy, and self-
Ryan Fernandez +6 more
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TINDAKAN PENGENDALIAN INFEKSI PADA PERAWAT DI RUANG RAWAT INAP DI RUMAH SAKIT KOTA SEMARANG
LINK, 2022 Tindakan pengendalian infeksi merupakan upaya untuk mencegah terjadinya penularan infeksi terhadap pasien maupun tenaga medis khususnya perawat. Insidens kejadian infeksi (phlebitis) di Rumah Sakit cenderung meningkat.
Emanuelin Petri Purbandaru +1 more
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