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Knowledge of standard and isolation precautions in a large teaching hospital |
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| Published in | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2005, vol. 26, no. 3, p. 298-304 | |
| 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". | |
| Keywords | Adult — Aged — Communicable Diseases/transmission — Disease Transmission, Infectious/ prevention & control — Female — Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice — Health Occupations/ education — Hospitals, Teaching — Humans — Male — Middle Aged — Patient Isolation/ standards — Questionnaires | |
| Identifiers | DOI: 10.1086/502543 PMID: 15796284 | |
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Article - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/502543 |
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| Research group | Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330) | |
| Citation (ISO format) | SAX, Hugo et al. Knowledge of standard and isolation precautions in a large teaching hospital. In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2005, vol. 26, n° 3, p. 298-304. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:7567 |
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