Blood and Body Fluid Exposures During Clinical Training: Relation to Knowledge of Universal Precautions

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• Personal Author:
  Albanese MA ; Diekema DJ ; Doebbeling BN ; Schuldt SS
• Description:
  To investigate the relation between knowledge of universal precautions and rates of exposure to blood and body fluid during clinical training, a cohort of 155 students was surveyed following training in universal precautions and 18 months later. A total of 127 students (82%) participated; 58 (46%) experienced at least one exposure during the first clinical training year. Knowledge of universal precautions was inversely associated with the frequency of mucous membrane exposures (p = .001); an apparent "dose-response" effect was evident (one-way analysis of variance; F = 5.2, p = 0.007). Students are frequently exposed to blood and body fluid during clinical training. Higher levels of retained knowledge about universal precautions are associated with a decreased risk of mucous membrane exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Education Bloodborne-pathogens Health-care-personnel Infection-control Infectious-diseases Medical Students Needlestick Injuries Universal-precautions Universal Precautions
• ISSN:
  0884-8734
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  109-111
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20001013
• Citation:
  J Gen Intern Med 1996 Feb; 11(2):109-111
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• NORA Priority Area:
  Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930401
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of General Internal Medicine
• End Date:
  19970331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:03a3e16974267653572efd5116467f7db66bc86b813a638169979fd97bebcf4766bfd76dfa560ec3f48e90f4dc0de7f31c0415450bb12138fa9d5493eb0269d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198295/cdc_198295_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 265.13 KB ]