Hospital unit safety climate: Relationship with nurses' adherence to recommended use of facial protective equipment

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-120

  Rozenbojm, Michael Diamant ^a   Nichol, Kathryn ^a,b,c   Spielmann, Stephanie ^d   Holness, D Linn ^c,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease   (Canada)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Front line managers; Health care workers; Infection control; Organizational culture; Respiratory infection; Respiratory protection

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACIAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; ADULT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASK; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921864256     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.027     Document Type: Article

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