Surgeons' concern and practices of protection against bloodborne pathogens

To evaluate surgeons' concern regarding risk awareness and behavioral methods of protection against bloodborne pathogen transmission during surgery. A 29-item questionnaire was sent to 914 surgeons from two universities and two surgical societies. The questionnaire was returned by 768 active su...

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Published in:Annals of surgery 1998-08, Vol.228 (2), p.266-272
Main Authors: PATTERSON, J. M. M, NOVAK, C. B, MACKINNON, S. E, PATTERSON, G. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIDS/HIV
Attitude of Health Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Blood-Borne Pathogens
General Surgery - statistics & numerical data
Gloves, Surgical
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hepatitis B - prevention & control
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Hospitals, University
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Needlestick Injuries - prevention & control
Societies, Medical
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Universal Precautions
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Summary:To evaluate surgeons' concern regarding risk awareness and behavioral methods of protection against bloodborne pathogen transmission during surgery. A 29-item questionnaire was sent to 914 surgeons from two universities and two surgical societies. The questionnaire was returned by 768 active surgeons. Slight or moderate concern about contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was reported by most surgeons; 8% reported extreme concern and 4% reported no concern. In total, 605 surgeons reported having been vaccinated against hepatitis B; surgeons in practice
ISSN:0003-4932
1528-1140
DOI:10.1097/00000658-199808000-00017