The health beliefs of hospital staff and the reporting of needlestick injury

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1228-1239

  Tabak, Nili ^a,b   Shiaabana, Amal Musaa ^c   Shasha, Shaul ^d  

^a Nursing Department   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Maternity and Neonatal Clinic   (Israel)

^d WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Needlestick injuries; Nurses; Nursing; Reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSERVICE TRAINING; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 33748711285     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01423.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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