Compliance with Universal Precautions among emergency department personnel: Implications for prevention programs

A comparison of observed and self-report

A comparison of observed and self-reported compliance with universal precautions among emergency department personnel at a minnesota public teaching hospital: Implications for assessing infection control programs

✍ Keith Henry; Scott Campbell; Myra Maki 📂 Article 📅 1992 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 703 KB

Study objectives: To determine the level of universal precautions compliance in a hospital emergency department by two methods (direct observation of subjects versus self-reporting by questionnaire). Setting: A Level II trauma center located within a university-affiliated medical center in Minneapo