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What do visitors know and how do they feel about contact precautions?

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Seibert, Grace Ewers, Tola Barker, Anna K. Slavick, Adam Wright, Marc-Oliver Stevens, Linda A. Safdar, Nasia
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	HighlightsNursing staff are the main source of personal protective equipment (PPE) information, but PPE messages to visitors vary.Most visitors knew PPE locations and felt there was adequate access, yet less than half were fully compliant.Health care staff contact precaution behavior (ie, modeling PPE use) impacts visitor compliance.90% of visitors were family; low perceived risk to family was used as roughly half of reasons for no gown.Emphasizing that PPE protects both visitors and other patients may motivate visitors to comply. &NA; Patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are placed in contact precautions. We surveyed 31 visitors of CDI patients to understand their compliance, knowledge, and perceptions of contact precautions. Although most visitors knew where to find the required personal protective equipment, only 42% were fully compliant with gown and gloves. Family members accounted for 90% of visitors, and roughly half of the reasons given for not gowning were related to a lack of perceived risk for family members. Nursing staff are fundamental sources of personal protective equipment (PPE) information for visitors; however, we found variation in staff communication regarding need for visitor PPE use.
Starting Page	182
Ending Page	195
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1016/j.ajic.2017.05.011
PubMed reference number	28732742
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	46
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.medicine.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/what_do_visitors_know_safdar_jul_17.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.05.011
Journal	American journal of infection control
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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