title: Healthcare workers' attitudes and compliance with universal precautions: gender, occupation, and specialty differences.
abstract: We describe variations in healthcare workers' attitudes toward double gloving and reporting needlesticks, and in their readiness to comply with double gloving and hepatitis B vaccine. Differences related to occupation, specialty, and gender have implications for the need to tailor interventions for specific groups of healthcare workers to improve compliance with Universal Precautions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Jeffe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mutha
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: L'Ecuyer
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Singal
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Evanoff
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005932:Gloves, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013038:Specialization; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016635:Universal Precautions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines