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AIDS PREVENTION: IMPROVING NURSES' COMPLIANCE WITH GLOVE WEARING THROUGH PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK
Author(s) -
DeVries Jane E.,
Burnette M. Michele,
Redmon William K.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1991.24-705
Subject(s) - compliance (psychology) , universal precautions , psychology , medicine , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , family medicine , social psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
A performance feedback procedure was used to increase glove wearing by nurses in a hospital emergency room in situations in which contact with body fluids was highly likely. Infection‐control nurses provided biweekly performance feedback to staff nurses on an individual private basis to inform them of the percentage of contact opportunities in which they wore gloves. Observations made prior to (baseline) and during feedback in a multiple baseline design across 4 subjects indicated that substantial increases in glove wearing in target situations occurred after implementation of the feedback program and that increases occurred across most of the specific situations in which glove wearing was advised. Percentage increases in glove wearing ranged from 22% to 49% across subjects. The results are discussed in terms of prevention of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) by use of universal precautions.