Open AccessFirst year medical students' and standard precautions: The need for change
Author(s) -
Banerjee Ankita,
Ipsa Mohapatra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology and global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2452-0918
pISSN - 2213-3984
DOI - 10.1016/j.cegh.2020.09.002
Subject(s) - medicine , curriculum , family medicine , hygiene , health care , psychology , pedagogy , pathology , economics , economic growth
Standard Precaution (SPs) practices protect health-care workers prevent hospital-acquired infections. With Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) and early clinical exposure (ECE) implemented in the new curriculum, the first year medical students need to be aware of SPs, so as to protect themselves and the patients from these hazards.
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