Objective: To assess the knowledge, compliance and practice among healthcare workers of occupational infection control at two hospitals in Jamaica. Methods: Employing a cross-sectional study design, medical personnel (physicians and nurses) at two hospitals in Jamaica, were studied, utilizing a structured questionnaire consisting of 14 items to collect the data. Results: Participants considered the following fluids, not blood stained, high risk for HIV transmission: breast milk (79%), saliva (14%), urine (27%), pleural fluid (53%), CSF (55%), synovial fluid (37%), faeces (27%), peritoneal fluid (53%) and vomitus (21%). The respondents estimated the risk of transmission of infection after a needlestick injury from a patient with: HIV, mean...
Background: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is more pronounced in sub- Saharan Afric...
Insufficient knowledge on blood-borne pathogens has been identified as a factor that influences occu...
Background: Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) with antiretroviral therapy (ART) and vaccination against...
Objective: To assess the prevalence of needlestick injuries (NSIs) and other high risk exposures amo...
Background: Universal precautions are not well understood or implemented by health care practitioner...
Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) a...
Background: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is more pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa...
The rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
Objective: To assess the occupational risk of infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as wel...
Background Hospital-acquired infections are significant cause of morbidity and mortality among hospi...
The Healthy Hospital Project, an international collaboration, aimed to strengthen Ecuador's capacity...
The rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
The Standard Precautions are measures to prevent healthcare workers' exposure to infectious agents, ...
Background: Healthcare acquired infections (HCAIs) otherwise call nosocomial infection is associated...
Objective: To assess the occupational risk of infection by human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) as well...
Background: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is more pronounced in sub- Saharan Afric...
Insufficient knowledge on blood-borne pathogens has been identified as a factor that influences occu...
Background: Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) with antiretroviral therapy (ART) and vaccination against...
Objective: To assess the prevalence of needlestick injuries (NSIs) and other high risk exposures amo...
Background: Universal precautions are not well understood or implemented by health care practitioner...
Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) a...
Background: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is more pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa...
The rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
Objective: To assess the occupational risk of infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as wel...
Background Hospital-acquired infections are significant cause of morbidity and mortality among hospi...
The Healthy Hospital Project, an international collaboration, aimed to strengthen Ecuador's capacity...
The rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
The Standard Precautions are measures to prevent healthcare workers' exposure to infectious agents, ...
Background: Healthcare acquired infections (HCAIs) otherwise call nosocomial infection is associated...
Objective: To assess the occupational risk of infection by human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) as well...
Background: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is more pronounced in sub- Saharan Afric...
Insufficient knowledge on blood-borne pathogens has been identified as a factor that influences occu...
Background: Postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) with antiretroviral therapy (ART) and vaccination against...