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Facilitator report: Bloodborne pathogens exposure among health care workers
Author(s) -
Gershon Robyn
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199604)29:4<418::aid-ajim29>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , facilitator , environmental health , universal precautions , health care , occupational exposure , occupational safety and health , compliance (psychology) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , psychiatry , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth , psychology , social psychology
Several psychosocial and organizational factors have been identified as important correlates of compliance with safe work practices among health care workers. In particular, compliance with “universal precautions”—a set of work practices which were designed to minimize exposure to bloodborne pathogens—has been found to be associated with several potentially modifiable factors. The development of interventional strategies designed specifically to target these factors (e.g., HIV/AIDS attitudes, safety climate) are important objectives in the overall risk management approach to occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.