Compliance of Cypriot nurses with Standard Precautions to avoid exposure to pathogens

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-59

  Efstathiou, Georgios ^a   Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a,b   Merkouris, Anastasios ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b Mediterranean Research Centre for Public Health and Quality of Care   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Compliance; Exposure; Nurses; Pathogens; Safety; Standard Precautions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUPRESSUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUPRESSUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 79953008182     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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