Healthcare workers and prevention of hepatitis C virus transmission: Exploring knowledge, attitudes and evidence-based practices in hemodialysis units in Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bianco, Aida ^a   Bova, Francesca ^a   Nobile, Carmelo G A ^a   Pileggi, Claudia ^a   Pavia, Maria ^a   Amendola, Giovanni ^b   Bonofiglio, Renzo ^c   Candela, Vincenzo ^d   Carpentieri, Salvatore ^d   Cicchetti, Teresa ^e   Cuzzocrea, Giovanni ^f   Fornaciari, Cesare ^g   Fuiano, Giorgio ^h   Giofrè, Antonio ⁱ   Grandinetti, Francesco ^j   Guido, Agazio ^j   Lombardi, Luigi ^h   Maimone, Igina ^e   Mannino, Letizia M ^d   Mellace, Agazio ^j   Milei, Michele ^e   Musacchio, Romano ^e   Pizzini, Mario ^e   Procopio, Pantaleone ^j   Pugliese, Antonio ^k   Raimondi, Antonio ^e   Regio, Raffaele ^l   Rizzuto, Giuseppe ^e   Rondanini, Vincenzo ^d   Scarpino, Lorenz ^e   Zoccali, Carmine ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Amantea   (Italy)

^c Regional Hospital of Cosenza   (Italy)

^d ASP of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

^e ASP of Cosenza   (Italy)

^f Mesoraca and Crotone Hemodialysis Units   (Italy)

^g ASP of Vibo Valentia   (Italy)

^h Catanzaro Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ ASP of Vibo Valentia   (Italy)

^j ASP Catanzaro   (Italy)

^k ASP of Vibo Valentia   (Italy)

^l ASP of Vibo Valentia   (Italy)

^m Regional Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Evidence based practices; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; Italy; Nurses; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873381724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-76     Document Type: Article

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