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Health care workers are exposed to a small risk of being infected with HIV as a result of occupational exposures. The risks for occupational transmission of HIV vary with the...
PURPOSE: This study was done to identify the intensive care unit nurses' knowledge of and compliance with the standard precautions (universal precaution) as stated in infection control guidelines.
METHOD: From September...
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify pediatric nurses' attitudes to, and compliance with, standard precautions in the prevention of hospital infections by enhancing their practice of standard...
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to identify the status of performance on standard precautions among nursing students and to examine the mediating effects of internal health locus of...
BACKGROUND: Pathogen-transmission precautions (PTP), including standard precautions, have been introduced to control the transmission of pathogens among patients and healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to assess the...
Health-care workers are at risk of exposure to occupational infections with subsequent risk of contracting diseases, disability, and even death. A systematic collection of occupational disease data is useful for...
Nurses are at the forefront of providing hands-on care to patients infected with HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Therefore, appropriate and sensible infection control precaution should be taken at all times. The...
There are many evidence-based methods to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. This review describes recent updates on the prevention of HIV infection via sexual contact, mother-to-child transmission, and occupational...
Healthcare-associated infections are infections that develop within a hospital and were not present or incubating upon admission. Almost all healthcare-associated infections become evident 2 days after admission. A patient may...
Lee CS, Hwang JH, Seon SY, Jung MH, Park JH, Lee HB
KMID: 2305844
Korean J Med.
2008 May;74(5):500-505.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Medical students face the threat of acquiring blood-borne infections such as HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C during their clinical activities in clerkship. This study determined the frequency of...