Standard Precautions and Decontamination Training Made Easy

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Dean
Keyword(s):  
Standard Precautions

Factors Influencing Adherence to Standard Precautions Scale

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphane L. Bouchoucha ◽  
Kathleen A. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Factors Influencing

TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN MAHASISWA KEPANITERAAN KLINIK TENTANG STANDARD PRECAUTIONS PADA PASIEN SEBELUM DAN SETELAH TINDAKAN PERAWATAN GIGI DI RSGM FKG USU

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Olivia Avriyanti Hanafiah ◽  
Gema Nazri Yanti ◽  
Chintya Faradilla ◽  
Dewi Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

Prosedur kontrol infeksi yang umum dilakukan adalah dengan menerapkan standard precautions berdasarkan peraturan yang dikeluarkan oleh Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan mahasiswa kepaniteraan klinik tentang standard precautions operator sebelum dan setelah perawatan gigi. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian survei deskriptif yang dilakukan dengan cara membagikan kuesioner pada mahasiswa kepaniteraan klinik yang terdiri atas 26 pertanyaan untuk sebelum dan 32 pertanyaan untuk setelah tindakan perawatan gigi. Data diolah secara manual dan dianalisis dengan analisis univariat. Hasil penelitian pengetahuan responden tentang standard precautions sebelum tindakan perawatan yang berpengetahuan kurang 69,8%, 29,3% cukup, 1% responden yang berpengetahuan baik. Setelah perawatan gigi didapat 54,5% responden memiliki pengetahuan cukup, 37,5% berpengetahuan baik, dan hanya 8% responden berpengetahuan kurang. Sebagai kesimpulan,  pengetahuan mahasiswa kepaniteraan klinik tentang standard precautions operator sebelum dan setelah perawatan gigi masih kurang.

Preventing Transmission of Zika Virus in Labor and Delivery Settings Through Implementation of Standard Precautions — United States, 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine K. Olson ◽  
Martha Iwamoto ◽  
Kiran M. Perkins ◽  
Kara N.D. Polen ◽  
Jeffrey Hageman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Labor And Delivery ◽  
Standard Precautions

The fundamental role of educational intervention on improving health care workers’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards infection control precautions

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasha H. Bassyouni ◽  
Ahmed-Ashraf Wegdan ◽  
Naglaa A El-Sherbiny
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Atp Bioluminescence ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

To evaluate the role of educational intervention on health care workers' (HCWs) compliance to standard precautions and cleaning of frequently touched surfaces at critical care units, forty-nine HCWs at 2 intensive care units (ICUs) and one neonatology unit at Fayoum University hospital were evaluated for knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards standard precautions as well as obstacles affecting their compliance to standard precautions before and after a 32-hour purposed-designed infection control education program. A structured self-administrated questionnaire as well as observational checklists were used. Assessment of Environmental cleaning was investigated by observational checklist, ATP bioluminescence and aerobic bacteriological culture for 118 frequently touched surfaces. Pre-intervention assessment revealed that 78.6% of HCWs were with good knowledge, 82.8% with good attitude and 80.8% had good practice. Obstacles identified by HCWs were as follow: making patient-care very technical (65.3%), deficiency of hand washing facilities (59.2%), skin irritation resulting from hand hygiene products (51%), and unavailability of PPE (38.8%). High significant improvements of knowledge, attitude and practice were detected after one month of educational intervention (P= 0.000). During the pre-interventional period only 30.5% of surfaces were considered clean versus 97.45% post intervention (P< 0.05). The highest Median ATP bioluminescence values were obtained from telephone handset, light switches and Blood pressure cuffs. S. aureus was the most common isolated organism followed by Enterococcus spp and E.coli (52, 38 and 19 surfaces respectively). In conclusion, contentious training of HCWs on standard precautions should be considered a mandatory element in infection control programs

Factors associated with nursing students’ compliance with standard precautions: a self-reported survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoung ja Moon ◽  
Yong Hwan Hyeon ◽  
Kyung Hee Lim
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Compliance Rate ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Compliance Level ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Nursing College ◽  
Sharps Injury

Adhering to standard precautions is a key factor in reducing the risk of infection among nurses and nursing students. This study identified nursing students’ compliance with standard precautions and the factors associated with their compliance. This descriptive survey included 176 nursing students from a regional nursing college. Compliance with standard precautions was assessed using a 20-item questionnaire. Data were analysed using t-tests, a one-way analysis of variance, and a multiple regression analysis. Participants’ overall compliance rate was 50.5%. Concerning general characteristics, significant differences were found regarding needle-stick or sharps injuries, practicum department (surgical and paediatric), and type of contact (faeces). Needle-stick or sharps injury experience (β = -0.225) and surgery practicum department (β = 0.182; Adj R² = 0.063; p = 0.001) had a significant effect on compliance level. Standard precautions should be emphasized in the nursing curricula, along with systematic continuing education. Educational programs for needle-stick or sharps injury prevention should also be included in standard precautions curricula.

scholarly journals Compliance with Standard Precautions and Its Relationship with Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3420
Author(s):  
Eliza Lai-Yi Wong ◽  
Kin-Fai Ho ◽  
Dong Dong ◽  
Annie Wai-Ling Cheung ◽  
Peter Sen-Yung Yau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Prevention Policy ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
And Control ◽  
Infection Control And Prevention

Background: Standard precautions prevent the spread of infections in healthcare settings. Incompliance with infection control guidelines of healthcare workers (HCWs) may increase their risk of exposure to infectious disease, especially under pandemics. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of compliance with the infection prevention and control practices among HCWs in different healthcare settings and its relationship with their views on workplace infection control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Nurses in Hong Kong were invited to respond to a cross-sectional online survey, in which their views on workplace infection and prevention policy, compliance with standard precautions and self-reported health during pandemics were collected. Results: The respondents were dissatisfied with workplace infection and prevention policy in terms of comprehensiveness (62%), clarity (64%), timeliness (63%), and transparency (60%). For the protective behavior, the respondents did not fully comply with the standard precautions when they were involved in medical care. Their compliance was relatively low when having proper patient handling (54%) and performing invasive procedures (46%). A multivariate analysis model proved that the level of compliance of the standard precautions was positively associated with the satisfaction on infection control and prevention policy among high risk group (0.020; 95% CI: 0.005–0.036), while older respondents had higher level of compliance among the inpatient and outpatient groups (coefficient range: 0.065–0.076). The higher level of compliance was also significantly associated with working in designated team and having chronic condition of the respondents among high-risk and inpatient groups. Conclusions: Standard precautions are the most important elements to reduce cross-transmission among HCWs and patients while the satisfaction on infection control and prevention policy would increase the compliance among the high-risk group. An overall suboptimal compliance and poor views on the infection prevention and control guidelines is a warning signal to healthcare system especially during pandemics.

scholarly journals Heat Inactivation of Different Types of SARS-CoV-2 Samples: What Protocols for Biosafety, Molecular Detection and Serological Diagnostics?

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Pastorino ◽  
Franck Touret ◽  
Magali Gilles ◽  
Xavier de Lamballerie ◽  
Remi N. Charrel
Keyword(s):  
Infected Cell ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Elisa Test ◽  
Cell Culture Supernatant ◽  
Heat Inactivation ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Viral Loads ◽  
Human Sera ◽  
European Norm ◽  
C 30

Standard precautions to minimize the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission implies that infected cell cultures and clinical specimens may undergo some sort of inactivation to reduce or abolish infectivity. We evaluated three heat inactivation protocols (56 °C-30 min, 60 °C-60 min and 92 °C-15 min) on SARS-CoV-2 using (i) infected cell culture supernatant, (ii) virus-spiked human sera (iii) and nasopharyngeal samples according to the recommendations of the European norm NF EN 14476-A2. Regardless of the protocol and the type of samples, a 4 Log10 TCID50 reduction was observed. However, samples containing viral loads > 6 Log10 TCID50 were still infectious after 56 °C-30 min and 60 °C-60 min, although infectivity was < 10 TCID50. The protocols 56 °C-30 min and 60 °C-60 min had little influence on the RNA copies detection, whereas 92 °C-15 min drastically reduced the limit of detection, which suggests that this protocol should be avoided for inactivation ahead of molecular diagnostics. Lastly, 56 °C-30 min treatment of serum specimens had a negligible influence on the results of IgG detection using a commercial ELISA test, whereas a drastic decrease in neutralizing titers was observed.

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