Missed Opportunities: The Development and Testing of Standard Precaution Case Vignettes

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• Personal Author:
  Hessels AJ ; Weaver SH
• Description:
  Standard precautions are a recommended set of actions health care workers should take to prevent health care-associated infections and potentially infectious exposures. However, they are not reliably practiced, many opportunities are missed, and a substantial discrepancy between workers' stated performance and actual performance exists. This article presents findings from developing and testing standard precaution case scenarios to enhance nursing knowledge. Infusion nursing is high risk and entails highly complex care in dynamic settings. Challenges may exist when integrating this advanced care with fundamental standard precaution requirements. For this reason, findings from this study have implications for infusion nursing practice. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Health Personnel
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
• Keywords:
  • Health care workers
  • Infection control
  • Infection prevention
  • Infectious agents
  • Nursing
  • Training
  • Safety education
  • Author Keywords: educational measurement
  • health care-associated infection
  • health care training
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• ISSN:
  1533-1458
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  70-74
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054909
• Citation:
  J Infus Nurs 2019 Mar/Apr; 42(2):70-74
• Contact Point Address:
  Amanda J. Hessels, PhD, MPH, RN, CIC, CPHQ, FAPIC, Columbia University, School of Nursing, 630 West 168th Street, Mail Code 6, New York, NY 10032
• Email:
  ah3269@cumc.columbia.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Columbia University Health Sciences - New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Infusion Nursing
• End Date:
  20190831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217320/cdc_217320_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 436.84 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5c2f398c14cb57c09b4d239c56cab73c1377b2511b7793c9af9cec94a3e2cb48bd7e2985690118183ea666d400f8ee2a4622af54b516192518143ce2da42b51