Healthcare workers' attitudes and compliance with universal precautions: gender, occupation, and specialty differences.
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.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Mutha
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L'Ecuyer
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Kim
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Singal
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Evanoff
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Fraser
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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*
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines