Compliance with standard precautions during clinical training of nursing students in Saudi Arabia: A multi-university study | Zendy

Farhan Alshammari | Zendy; Jonas Preposi Cruz | Zendy; Nahed Alquwez | Zendy; Joseph U. Almazan | Zendy; Fatmah Alsolami | Zendy; Hanan Tork | Zendy; Hawa Alabdulaziz | Zendy; Ebaa Marwan Felemban | Zendy

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Compliance with standard precautions during clinical training of nursing students in Saudi Arabia: A multi-university study

Author(s) -

Farhan Alshammari,

Jonas Preposi Cruz,

Nahed Alquwez,

Joseph U. Almazan,

Fatmah Alsolami,

Hanan Tork,

Hawa Alabdulaziz,

Ebaa Marwan Felemban

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10821

Subject(s) - medicine , bachelor , standard precautions , infection control , attendance , nursing , descriptive statistics , government (linguistics) , family medicine , compliance (psychology) , universal precautions , hand washing , hygiene , psychology , surgery , social psychology , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , economics , history , economic growth

Nursing students are susceptible to healthcare-associated infections because of their direct patient interactions during their clinical training. Hence, compliance with standard precautions (SPs) is paramount during their clinical exposure and training. This study investigated the compliance with SPs and its predictors among Saudi nursing students from six universities.

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