Skin penetration operators' knowledge and attitudes towards infection control.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To assess the knowledge and attitudes of owners/managers of commercial skin-penetration premises regarding infection control. METHODS:A telephone survey was conducted with a randomly selected sample of 874 owners/managers. RESULTS:Participants appeared to lack knowledge of essential infection-control practices. Less than 39% correctly identified recommended disinfection procedures, and between 12% to 67% were not aware of inappropriate sterlization procedures. Almost all participants accepted the need for guidelines. Half acknowledged a need to improve their infection-control compliance, and most accepted having their premises regularly checked by the councils. CONCLUSIONS:There is a considerable opportunity to increase infection-control compliance among skin-penetration operators.

journal_name

Am J Health Behav

authors

Oberdorfer A,Wiggers JH,Considine RJ,Bowman J,Cockburn J

doi

10.5993/ajhb.27.2.4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-03-01 00:00:00

pages

125-34

issue

2

eissn

1087-3244

issn

1945-7359

journal_volume

27

pub_type

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