Work

Missed Opportunities

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Standard precautions are a recommended set of actions health care workers should take to prevent health care-associated infections and potentially infectious exposures. However, they are not reliably practiced, many opportunities are missed, and a substantial discrepancy between workers' stated performance and actual performance exists. This article presents findings from developing and testing standard precaution case scenarios to enhance nursing knowledge. Infusion nursing is high risk and entails highly complex care in dynamic settings. Challenges may exist when integrating this advanced care with fundamental standard precaution requirements. For this reason, findings from this study have implications for infusion nursing practice.

Source: Journal of Infusion Nursing

DOI: 10.1097/nan.0000000000000314

Authors: Amanda J. Hessels, Susan H. Weaver

Institutions: Hackensack Meridian Health, Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Infection Control in Healthcare

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health