Behind the mask: Determinants of nurse's adherence to facial protective equipment

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Nichol, Kathryn ^a   McGeer, Allison ^a   Bigelow, Philip ^a   O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^a   Scott, James ^a   Holness, D Linn ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care hospital; Adherence; Communicable respiratory illness; Eye protection; Health care workers; N95 respirator; Respiratory protection; Surgical mask

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY CARE; FACIAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872028907     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Institute of Medicine Preparing for an influenza pandemic: personal protective equipment for healthcare workers 2008 The National Academies Press Washington [DC]
2. R. Gershon, C. Karkashian, J. Grosch, L. Murphy, A. Escamilla-Cejudo, and P. Flanagan Hospital safety climate and its relationship with safe work practices and workplace exposure incidents Am J Infect Control 28 2000 211 221
3. B. Park, A. Peck, M. Kuehnert, C. Newbern, C. Smelser, and J. Comer Lack of SARS transmission among healthcare workers, United States Emerg Infect Dis 10 2004 244 248
4. M. Loeb, A. McGeer, B. Henry, M. Ofner, D. Rose, and T. Hlywka SARS among critical care nurses, Toronto Emerg Infect Dis 10 2004 251 255
5. A. Yassi, D. Moore, J. Fitzgerald, P. Bigelow, C. Hon, and E. Bryce Research gaps in protecting healthcare workers from SARS and other respiratory pathogens: an interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder, evidence-based approach J Occup Environ Med 47 2005 41 50
6. R. Gershon, D. Vlahov, S. Felknor, D. Vesley, P. Johnson, and G. Delclos Compliance with universal precautions among health care workers at three regional hospitals Am J Infect Control 23 1995 225 236
7. L. Green, M. Kreuter, S. Deeds, and K. Partridge Health education planning: a diagnostic approach 1980 Mayfield Palo Alto [CA]
8. D. Moore, M. Gilbert, S. Saunders, E. Bryce, and A. Yassi Occupational health and infection control practices related to severe acute respiratory syndrome: health care worker perceptions J Am Assoc Occup Health Nurses 53 2005 257 266
9. K. Nichol, P. Bigelow, L. O'Brien-Pallas, A. McGeer, M. Manno, and L. Holness The individual, environmental and organizational factors that influence nurses' use of facial protection to prevent occupational transmission of communicable respiratory illness in acute care hospitals Am J Infect Control 36 2008 481 487
10. Kak N, Burkhalter B, Cooper M. July 2001. Measuring the competence of health providers. USAID Health Care Improvement Project. Available from: http://www.hciproject.org/node/925. Accessed September 8, 2009.
11. International Organization for Standardization ISO 9000 Quality management 2000 ISO Geneva [Switzerland]
12. World Health Organization Tools for evaluation and feedback 2006 World Health Organization Available from http://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/tools/ evaluation-feedback/en/index.html Accessed September 11, 2009
13. Institute for Healthcare Improvement How-to guide: improving hand hygiene - a guide for improving practices among health care workers 2006 The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Available from http://www.shea-online. org/Assets/files/IHI-Hand-Hygiene.pdf Accessed September 11, 2009
14. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. February 2006. Hand hygiene observation tool. Just Clean Your Hands. Available from: http://www.oahpp.ca/services/jcyh/index.html. Accessed September 11, 2009.
15. J. Pashman, E. Bradley, H. Wang, B. Higa, M. Fu, and L. Dembry Promotion of hand hygiene techniques through use of a surveillance tool J Hosp Infect 66 2007 249 254
16. Public Health Agency of Canada Routine practices and additional precautions for preventing the transmission of infection in health care: revision of isolation and precaution techniques 1999 Public Health Agency of Canada Available from http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/99vol25/ 25s4/ Accessed June, 2009
17. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Emergency infection control kit: donning and removal of personal protective equipment 2003 Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Available from http://www.health.gov.on.ca/ english/providers/program/emu/emerg-kit/kit-donning.html Accessed July 30, 2009
18. 3M Company. March 26, 2004. 3M fitting instructions for 3M filtering facepiece respirators. Available from: http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/ mediawebserver?mwsId=66666UuZjcFSLXTtMXMc5x46EVuQEcuZgVs6EVs6E666666 - &fn=10003-FacepieceRespirator.pdf. Accessed July 30, 2009.
19. SAS Institute, Inc SAS Software Version 9.1 2005 SAS Institute, Inc Cary [NC]
20. J. Conway, and A. Huffcutt A review and evaluation of exploratory factor analysis practices in organizational research Organ Res Methods 6 2003 147 168
21. J. Ford, R. MacCallum, and M. Tait The application of exploratory factor analysis in applied psychology: a critical review and analysis Personnel Psychol 39 1986 291 314
22. D. Hosmer, and S. Lemeshow Applied logistic regression second edition. 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc New York [NY]
23. Canadian Nurses Association RN workforce profiles by area of responsibility July 2009 Canadian Nurses Association Available from http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId= 66666UuZjcFSLXTtMXMc5x46EVuQEcuZgVs6EVs6E666666 - &fn=10003- FacepieceRespirator.pdf Accessed December 14, 2009
24. J. Tokars, G. McKinley, J. Otten, C. Woodley, E. Sordillo, and J. Caldwell Use and efficacy of tuberculosis infection control practices at hospitals with previous outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2 2001 449 455
25. S. Kellerman, L. Saiman, P. San Gabriel, R. Besser, and W. Jarvis Observational study of the use of infection control interventions for mycobacterium tuberculosis in pediatric facilities Pediatr Infect Dis J 20 2001 566 573
26. P. Sutton, M. Nicas, F. Reinisch, and R. Harrison Evaluating the control of tuberculosis among healthcare workers: adherence to CDC guidelines of three urban hospitals in California Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 19 1998 487 493
27. A. Shigayeva, K. Green, J. Raboud, B. Henry, A. Simor, and M. Vearncombe Factors associated with critical-care healthcare workers' adherence to recommended barrier precautins during the Toronto severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28 2007 1275 1283
28. D. Skowronski, Y. Li, S. Tweed, T. Tam, M. Petric, and S. David Protective measures and human antibody response during an avian influenza H7N3 outbreak in poultry in British Columbia, Canada Can Med Assoc J 176 2007 47 53
29. O. Morgan, M. Kuhne, P. Nair, N. Verlander, R. Preece, and M. McDougal Personal protective equipment and risk for avian influenza (A7N3) Emerg Infect Dis 15 2009 59 62
30. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Interim guidance for infection control for care of patients with confirmed or suspected novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in a healthcare setting May 13, 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Available from http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidelines- infection-control.htm Accessed September 8, 2009
31. R. Perez-Padilla, D. de la Rosa-Zamboni, S. Ponce de Leon, M. Hernandez, F. Quiñones-Falconi, and E. Bautista Pneumonia and respiratory failure from swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico N Engl J Med 361 2009 1 10
32. C. Biscotto, E. Pedroso, C. Starling, and V. Roth Evaluation of N95 respirator use as a tuberculosis control measure in a resource-limited setting Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9 2005 545 549
33. S. Clock, B. Cohen, M. Behta Pharm, B. Ross, and E. Larson Contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms: current recommendations and actual practice Am J Infect Control 39 2011 839 843
34. J. Duggan, S. Hensley, S. Khuder, T. Papadimos, and L. Jacobs Inverse correlation between level of professional education and rate of handwashing compliance in a teaching hospital Infect Control Hospl Epidemiol 29 2008 534 538
35. S. Creedon, B. Slevin, V. De Souza, M. Mannix, G. Quinn, and L. Boyle Hand hygiene compliance: exploring variations in practice between hospitals Nurs Times 104 2008 32 35
36. D. DeJoy, L. Murphy, and R. Gershon The influence of employee, job/task, and organizational factors on adherence to universal precautions among nurses Int J Ind Ergon 16 1995 43 55
37. D. DeJoy, C. Searcy, L. Murphy, and R. Gershon Behavioral-diagnostic analysis of compliance with universal precautions among nurses J Occup Health Psychol 5 2000 127 141
38. P. McGovern, D. Vesley, L. Kochevar, R. Gershon, F. Rhame, and E. Anderson Factors affecting universal precautions compliance J Bus Psychol 15 2000 149 161
39. A. Srinivasan, L. McDonald, D. Jernigan, R. Helfand, K. Ginsheimer, and J. Jernigan Foundations of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome preparedness and response plan for healthcare facilities Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 25 2004 1020 1025
40. J. Lau, K. Fung, T. Wong, J. Kim, E. Wong, and S. Chung SARS transmission among hospital workers in Hong Kong Emerg Infect Dis 10 2004 280 286
41. J. Green-McKenzie, R. Gershon, and C. Karkashian Infection control practices among correctional healthcare workers: effect of management attitudes and availability of protective equipment and engineering controls Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 22 2001 555 559
42. A. Michalsen, G. Delclos, S. Felknor, A. Davidson, P. Johnson, and D. Vesley Compliance with universal precautions among physicians J Occup Environ Med 39 1997 130 137
43. A. Yassi, K. Lockhart, R. Copes, M. Kerr, M. Corbiere, and E. Bryce Determinants of healthcare workers' compliance with infection control procedures Healthc Q 10 2007 44 52
44. D. Rivers, L. Aday, R. Frankowski, S. Felknor, D. White, and B. Nichols Predictors of nurses' acceptance of an intravenous catheter safety device Nurs Res 52 2003 249 255
45. L. Bero, R. Grilli, J. Grimshaw, E. Harvey, A. Oxman, and M. Thomson Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote implementation of research findings by health care professionals Br Med J 317 1998 465 468
46. J. Digiacomo, W. Hoff, M. Rotondo, K. Martin, D. Kauder, and H. Anderson Barrier precautions in trauma resuscitation: real-time analysis utilizing videotape review Am J Emerg Med 15 1997 34 39
47. W. Moongtui, D. Gauthier, and J. Turner Using peer feedback to improve handwashing and glove usage among Thai healthcare workers Am J Infect Control 28 2000 365 369
48. T. Vaughn, K. McCoy, S. Beekmann, R. Woolson, J. Torner, and B. Doebbeling Factors promoting consistent adherence to safe needle precautions among hospital workers Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 25 2004 548 555
49. M. McDiarmid, and M. Condon Organizational safety culture/climate and worker compliance with hazardous drug guidelines: lessons from the blood-borne pathogen experience J Occup Environ Med 47 2005 740 749