There is variation in the degree to which hospital nurses worry about HIV at work, despite widespread use of universal precautions. Occupational HIV risk perception is associated with knowledge of workplace transmission vectors, comfort with AIDS patients, AIDS care experience, and working conditions....
Background: Universal precautions have been recommended to limit occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other infectious agents, but whether these recommendations have been incorporated into routine practice has not been demonstrated. Methods: Using a one-group, before-after ...
Peer enforcement of norms was significantly lower in the USA. In both countries, more precautions would be taken if it was known that the patient was infected. control practices were more likely to be followed in the USA compared with Nigeria if they were praised for this activity, if ...
The risk of transmission of the infection from patients to health workers, and from mother to child is very high among antenatal women and surgical patients if their HIV status is not known, because of the higher probability of breaching the universal precautions. Objective: To determine the ...
Studies from different countries have shown that individuals take precautions to protect their partners once they know that they are HIV positive, and modelling studies have found HIV counselling and testing (HCT) to offer substantial clinical benefits and to be cost-effective even in settings where...
Among the most controversial purposes for which HIV testing has been proposed is the provision of information to assist in preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission in health care settings. Initial debate focused on the possible role of testing patients in order to protect health care...
A survey of current protective measures undertaken by ENT consultants in the outpatient clinic in the United Kingdom is presented. The precautions employed by the majority of these subjects are inadequate and non-universal. A review of the risk factors and subsequent safety recommendations is ...
California Hospital AIDS Prevention Survey In August1987 the CDC issued guidelines based on universal precautions thatwere designed to protect health care workers from transmission ofHIV Universal ... M Crabtree,DD Amicis - 《Applied Research》 被引量: 0发表: 1990年 加载更多来源...
Currently, HIV tests are available in major Chinese hospitals but are not routinely offered. With so many people unaware of their HIV status, there is a clear need for routine HIV testing of hospitalized patients throughout China. The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University is the...
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