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Knowledge and practice of universal precautions among health care workers in four national hospitals in Kabul, Afghanistan

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Introduction: This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of health care workers (HCWs) towards universal precautions (UPs) and to look into any associations between knowledge and practice.
Said Hafizullah Fayaz, Michiyo Higuchi, Tomoya Hirosawa, Mohammad Abul Bashar Sarker, Zakhro Djabbarova, Nobuyuki Hamajima   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitude, Adherence, and Nursing Students\' Knowledge, about Preventive Standard Precautions of Blood Borne Diseases

پژوهان, 2019
Background and Objective: The risk of transmission of various infections, always threatened nursing students life and leads to a high cost for diagnosing and treatment of these diseases.
Azad Fatahi, Zahra Khalili, Maryam Seyedtabib   +2 more
doaj  

Psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Factors Influencing Adherence to Standard Precautions Scale [PDF]

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Factors Influencing Adherence to Standard Precautions Scale. Method: Psychometric study, conducted in a hospital in Minas Gerais, with 407 nursing professionals.
Gabriela da Cunha Januário, Vanderlei José Haas, Damiana Aparecida Trindade Monteiro, Elucir Gir, Fernanda Maria Vieira Pereira Ávila, Mariana Alvina dos Santos, Stephane Bouchoucha, Silmara Elaine Malaguti Toffano   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

How doctors make themselves understood in primary care consultations: A mixed methods analysis of video data applying health literacy universal precautions. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Byrne JV, Whitaker KL, Black GB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Universal Precautions and Distrust [PDF]

Pain Medicine, 2006
Dear Sir: The letter by Drs. Gourlay and Heit highlights important issues regarding universal precautions for opioid therapies. They raise concern about the term “distrust” in relation to universal precautions, but support this concern by arguing that we should always screen for substance-use disorders.
openaire   +1 more source

Post-exposure prophylaxis among Ugandan nurses: “Accidents do happen”

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2014
Purpose: In 2009 we conducted a study to explore Ugandan nurses’ practice of universal precautions while caring for persons living with HIV. During our interviews about universal precautions, nurses’ also shared their experience with post-exposure ...
J. Mill, E. Nderitu, S. Richter
doaj   +1 more source

Validity and reliability of the Test of Knowledge and Awareness of universal precautions in Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University

Journal of Associated Medical Sciences, 2014
Introduction: Medical Technology students have high risk of infection from blood and body fluid borne diseases. Knowledge and awareness of the Universal Precautions enable them to be safe from infection.
Ratchadaporn Udpaun, Peeraya Munkhetvit, Santhana Buamongkol, Ponrut Phunae, Khajornsak Tragoolpua   +4 more
doaj  

Do nursing students know and practise the Universal Precautions to prevent transmission of infectious agents?

Curationis, 2013
Background: Nursing students, like other healthcare students, are at high risk of occupational exposure to blood and bodily fluids. Studies have shown that use of the Universal Precautions(UPs) lowers this risk, but do students know and practise these ...
Lindy S. van der Berg, Felicity M. Daniels   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dialysis Hygiene

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Dialysis hygiene represents a comprehensive and evolving framework that goes beyond traditional infection-control practice to cover patient-centred, personnel-centred, machine-centred, environmental, metabolic, financial, and social dimensions of safety
Sourabh Sharma, Shubharthi Kar, Rasha Darwish, Sanjay Kalra   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

When weighing universal precautions, filtration efficiency is not universal. [PDF]

J Hosp Infect, 2020
Chen V, Long K, Woodburn EV.
europepmc   +1 more source