Knowledge of standard and isolation precautions in a large teaching hospital.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 26(3): 298-304, 2005 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-15796284
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the level of knowledge regarding and attitudes toward standard and isolation precautions among healthcare workers in a hospital.METHOD:
A confidential, self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted in a random sample of 1500 nurses and 500 physicians in a large teaching hospital.RESULTS:
A total of 1,241 questionnaires were returned (response rate, 62%). The median age of respondents was 39 years; 71.9% were women and 21.2% had senior staff status. One-fourth had previously participated in specific training regarding transmission precautions for pathogens conducted by the infection control team. More than half (55.9%) gave correct answers to 10 or more of the 13 knowledge-type questions. The following reasons for noncompliance with guidelines were judged as "very important" lack of knowledge (47%); lack of time (42%); forgetfulness (39%); and lack of means (28%). For physicians and healthcare workers in a senior position, lack of time and lack of means were significantly less important (P < .0005). On multivariate linear regression, knowledge was independently associated with exposure to training sessions (coefficient, 0.33; 95% confidence interval, 0.08 to 0.57; P = .009) and less professional experience (coefficient per increasing professional experience, -0.024; 95% confidence interval, -0.035 to -0.012; P < .0005).CONCLUSIONS:
Despite a training effort targeting opinion leaders, knowledge of transmission precautions for pathogens remained insufficient. Nevertheless, specific training proved to be the major determinant of "good knowledge".
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Isolamento de Pacientes
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa
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Ocupações em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article