Evaluation of a preclinical, educational and skills-training program to improve students' use of blood and body fluid precautions: One-year follow-up

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 365-373

  Jeffe, Donna B ^a   Mutha, Sunita ^b   Kim, Lynn E ^a   Evanoff, Bradley A ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Bloodborne pathogens; Compliance; Health behavior; Knowledge; Medical education; Medical students; Occupational health; Standard precautions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0032704541     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0571     Document Type: Article

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