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KAP Regarding Universal Precautions among nursing students
Background: The new wave of nosocomial infections arising from various medical settings as well as other related environment has been of much concern for some time. The fact that blood and other fluids from patients are becoming increasingly hazardous to those who provide care for them had become of great concern to public health professionals the world over. This study was conducted to assess ...
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BACKGROUND There are few data on the rate of compliance with universal precautions among pediatricians. We hypothesized that compliance in pediatrics would be poor because of the intrinsic difficulties in performing invasive procedures in small subjects. DESIGN Prospective, observational study. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. STUDY PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of pediatric...
متن کاملKnowledge, attitude and practice universal basic precautions by medical personnel in a teaching hospital.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND Universal Basic Precautions (UBP) are not well understood nor implemented by health professionals, though crucial in HIV/AIDS prevention. As defined by Garner, UBP refers to "the prevention of transmission of blood borne pathogens like HIV through strict respect by health workers of rules concerning care and nursing" OBJECTIVES To find out knowledge and attitudes of medical...
متن کاملCompliance with universal precautions in a medical practice with a high rate of HIV infection.
BACKGROUND Universal precautions have been recommended to limit occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other infectious agents, but whether these recommendations have been incorporated into routine practice has not been demonstrated. METHODS Using a one-group, before-after design, we assessed the knowledge and attitudes concerning universal precautions and the lev...
متن کاملDoes clinical experience affect medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and compliance with universal precautions?
OBJECTIVE To investigate differences in second-, third-, and fourth-year medical students' knowledge of bloodborne pathogen exposure risks, as well as their attitudes toward, and intentions to comply with, Universal Precautions (UP). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Surveys about students' knowledge, attitudes, and intentions to comply with UP were completed by 111 se...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAPANES JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0385-440X,1881-4875
DOI: 10.4286/ikakikaigaku.66.11_648