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Standard Precautions have been demonstrated to limit infection transmission in the healthcare setting. Despite their mandated use, adherence by healthcare professionals remains suboptimal. A nursing curriculum embedding infection prevention and control is essential in equipping future healthcare professionals with the skills and knowledge to improve patient safety. There are no psychometrically-validated tools that specifically assess influences on nursing students’ adherence to standard precautions.

The aim in this study was to determine the reliability and validity of the five-factor Factors Influencing Adherence to Standard Precautions within a sample of undergraduate nursing students studying at one Australian University.

Data from 321 participants were used to test the 5 factors structure, using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The goodness of fit indices did not support adequate fit of …