The association between self-perceived proficiency of personal protective equipment and objective performance: An observational study during a bioterrorism simulation drill

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1238-1242

  Fogel, Itay ^a   David, Osant ^b   Balik, Chaya H ^b   Eisenkraft, Arik ^a,c   Poles, Lion ^d   Shental, Omri ^a   Kassirer, Michael ^a   Brosh Nissimov, Tal ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Compliance; Health care workers; Questionnaires; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF PERCEIVED PROFICIENCY; SIMULATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021427169     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.05.018     Document Type: Article

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