Background and Objectives: Individual, work-related and organizational factors may favor adherence to safety practices in the work environment, preventing exposure to biological material among health professionals. Based ...

Objectives An experimental study was performed with undergraduate nursing students in order to determine, between two methodologies, which is the best for learning standard precautions and precautions based on disease ...

Objective: Check the perception of dentists about safety climate at work in relation to adherence to standard precautions.Methods: It is a quantitative, cross-sectional study conducted through the application of the Safety ...

The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a severe global acute respiratory pandemic around the world in just a few months with an increasing number of infections and deaths. COVID-19 is a highly ...

Abstract Background Health care associated infections (HAIs) are a source of concern worldwide. No health service in any country can be considered HAI risk-free. However, ...

“Specific precautions” are measures taken during the hospitalization of patients with a suspect or a diagnosis of air or contact transmitted diseases. Those measures involve the utilization of private rooms or individual ...