| Autor: |
Enas M. Hefzy, Ahmed A. Wegdan, Wafaa Y. Abdel Wahed |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 88-97 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1876-0341 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.jiph.2015.06.015 |
| Popis: |
Summary: Healthcare acquired infections are no longer confined to the hospital environment. Recently, many reported outbreaks have been linked to outpatient settings and attributed to non-adherence to recommended infection-prevention procedures. This study was divided into two parts: The first is a descriptive cross-sectional part, to assess the healthcare personnel's knowledge and compliance with Standard Precautions (SP). The second is an intervention part to assess the role of health education on reducing the level of environmental and reusable medical equipment bacterial contamination. Assessment of the doctors’ and nurses’ knowledge and compliance with SP was performed using a self-administered questionnaire. Assessment of environmental cleaning (EC) and reusable medical equipment disinfection has been performed using aseptic swabbing method. The extent of any growth was recorded according to the suggested standards: (A) Presence of indicator organisms, with the proposed standard being |
| Databáze: |
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