TY - JOUR
T1 - Difference in compliance with Standard Precautions by nursing staff in Brazil versus Hong Kong
AU - Pereira, Fernanda Maria Vieira
AU - Lam, Simon Ching
AU - Chan, Jackie Hoi Man
AU - Malaguti-Toffano, Silmara Elaine
AU - Gir, Elucir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - The Standard Precautions (SP) are measures to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens, and should be used by health professionals in the care of all patients regardless of their condition of infection. However, suboptimal compliance with SP has been consistently reported in the nursing literature. This study evaluated the differences of compliance with SP among nurses from Brazil and Hong Kong. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2 countries - Hong Kong and Brazil - with nurses working in hospitals who responded to a self-administered questionnaire with demographic data and responses to a 20-item Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale. The compliance rate of 560 nurses was 69.4% for the Brazilian sample and 57.4% for the Hong Kong sample. The additional clinical experience of the Brazilian nurses versus those in Hong Kong may be related to differences in compliance with SP between nurses.
AB - The Standard Precautions (SP) are measures to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens, and should be used by health professionals in the care of all patients regardless of their condition of infection. However, suboptimal compliance with SP has been consistently reported in the nursing literature. This study evaluated the differences of compliance with SP among nurses from Brazil and Hong Kong. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2 countries - Hong Kong and Brazil - with nurses working in hospitals who responded to a self-administered questionnaire with demographic data and responses to a 20-item Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale. The compliance rate of 560 nurses was 69.4% for the Brazilian sample and 57.4% for the Hong Kong sample. The additional clinical experience of the Brazilian nurses versus those in Hong Kong may be related to differences in compliance with SP between nurses.
KW - Adherence
KW - Cross-sectional design
KW - Infection control
KW - Nurse
KW - Self-administered study
KW - Standard Precautions
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.021
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.03.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 25934059
AN - SCOPUS:84946166507
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 43
SP - 769
EP - 772
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 7
ER -
