作者
Sangini Punia, Suma Nair, Ranjitha S Shetty
发表日期
2014
期刊
International scholarly research notices
卷号
2014
期号
1
页码范围
685072
出版商
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
简介
Background. Careful adherence to standard precautions can protect both health care workers (HCWs) and patients from infections. The present study identified the perceptions and compliance with the use of standard precautions and assessed the determinants of noncompliance among the HCWs in an emergency and trauma triage centre. Methods. A cross‐sectional study using a semistructured questionnaire was carried out to collect the relevant information from the study participants. Results. A total of 162 HCWs were recruited into the study, who reported varying degrees of compliance with standard precautions. While most of them declared the use of hand rub (95%) and gloves (77%), reported use of protective eye gear and outer protective clothing was very low (22 and 28%, resp.). Despite a perceived risk of exposure to blood‐borne infections, 8% of the HCWs had not completed the hepatitis B vaccination …
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