title: Investigating Compliance with Standard Precautions During Residency Physicians in Gynecology and Obstetrics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Physician compliance with standard precautions is important in the specialty of gynecology and obstetrics because of the high frequency of invasive procedures. The current study investigated compliance with standard precautions among resident physicians working in gynecology and obstetrics.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted among resident physicians in gynecology and obstetrics in their first (R1), second (R2) and third (R3) years of residency at a teaching hospital in a city in São Paulo. A structured questionnaire that included demographic and professional aspects and the Standard Precautions Adherence Scale were used to collect data. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM® SPSS version 20. Ethical aspects were considered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-eight resident physicians participated in the study. Of the enrolled participants, 27 (46.6%) were in R1, 12 (20.7%) were in R2 and 19 (32.8%) were in R3. The standard precautions compliance score was 4.1, which was classified as intermediate. There were no significant differences in the compliance scores of the resident physicians across the three years of residency (H=2.34, p=0.310).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compliance with standard precautions among resident physicians was intermediate. Preventive measures in clinical practice are not fully adopted in the specialty of gynecology and obstetrics. More important, many professionals claimed lack of sufficient training in standard precautions in the workplace. Such circumstances should draw the attention of hospital management with regard to occupational health risks.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Santo André/SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Milton Jorge de
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Fluminense - Enfermagem, Rio das Ostras/RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Maria Vieira
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Enfermagem Geral e Especializada, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elucir
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gir
authors.affiliation: The Open University of Hong Kong, Division of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Simon Ching
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Departamento de Saúde da Coletividade, Santo André/SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Caio Parente
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Barbosa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D024362:Advance Directive Adherence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016635:Universal Precautions; D055815:Young Adult