Blood and body fluid exposures during clinical training
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 11 (2) , 109-111
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02599587
Abstract
To investigate the relation between knowledge of universal precautions and rates of exposure to blood and body fluid during clinical training, a cohort of 155 students was surveyed following training in universal precautions and 18 months later. A total of 127 students (82%) participated; 58 (46%) experienced at least one exposure during the first clinical training year. Knowledge of universal precautions was inversely associated with the frequency of mucous membrane exposures (p=.001); an apparent “dose-response” effect was evident (one-way analysis of variance;F=5.2,p=.007). Students are frequently exposed to blood and body fluid during clinical training. Higher levels of retained knowledge about universal precautions are associated with a decreased risk of mucous membrane exposure.Keywords
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