Compliance with standard precautions among operating room nurses in South Korea

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 739-742

  Jeong, Ihnsook ^a   Cho, Juhee ^b   Park, Sunmi ^c  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSERVICE TRAINING; KOREA; MALE; NEEDLES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 57149147598     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.04.253     Document Type: Article

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