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Knowledge and Practice of Sectors of Health-Care Workers towards Universal Precautions in Baghdad Teaching Hospital

مجلة كلية الطب, 2018
Background: Universal precautions, as defined by centers for disease control (CDC), are a set of precautions designed to prevent transmission of human immunodeficiency virus , hepatitis B virus , and other blood borne pathogens when providing first aid ...
Shayma S. Ali
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THE PRACTICE OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH PRECAUTIONS AMONG NURSES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA – A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Global Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2023
Introduction: The level of preventive measures against hospital-acquired infections depends on the practice of universal precautions by the nurses. This study aimed to assess the awareness of universal health precautions among nurses.
Manoj Prabhakar E, K Madhan mohan, Rock Britto D, Aswin A, Bala Pavithra S, Jagan S, Girish Kumar S, Jeevan T C   +7 more
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Adherence to standard precautions by nursing professionals in a public university hospital: a cross-sectional study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023
Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze the adherence to standard precautions by nursing professionals in a public university hospital, and to identify associated factors. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study with the nursing staff
Maiara Oliveira Diniz, Adriano Menis Ferreira, Denise de Andrade, Evandro Watanabe, Guilherme Schneider, André Pereira dos Santos, Marilia Duarte Valim, Bruno da Silva Santos, Mônia Alves Mendes de Souza, Emileide dos Santos Almeida Vaz   +9 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, A Anitha, V Siva Kalyan, M Padma, V N R K Prathap, G Praveen, D Rupali   +6 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, S Thakur, B K Jain, R Singh, M Deb   +4 more
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Poor knowledge – predictor of nonadherence to universal precautions for blood borne pathogens at first level care facilities in Pakistan

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, Razaq Mahreen, Janjua Naveed Z, Rozi Shafquat, Mahmood Bushra   +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, Luana Silva Rodrigues, Cintia Machado Dutra, Silmara Elaine Malaguti Toffano, Fernanda Maria Vieira Pereira, Suzel Regina Ribeiro Chavaglia   +5 more
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Evaluation of Infection Control Methods Using by Hemodialysis Units' Staff [PDF]

حیات, 2007
Background & Aim: Hemodialysis centers are highly susceptible to nasocomial infections due to application of hemodialysis machines, medical equipment, and invasive techniques and devices. This research was carried out in order to evaluate methods
Aliasgharpoor M, Bassampoor SH, Bahrani N   +2 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, Supriyadi Supriyadi   +1 more
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