Background: The emergency department (ED) is one of the high-risk places for blood-borne disease (BBD) transmission. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the rate of adherence to preventive measures (PM) against the blood-borne diseases via emergency medicine (EM) residents. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 80 emergency residents of an educational public hospital were observed with regard to abiding by the preventive measures from March to May 2010. Results: Cleaning blood tainted skin before phlebotomy or IV line preparation and hand washing before donning latex gloves achieved the maximum (88/150) and minimum (0/150) scores. The most observed barriers of PM were frequent attendance of patients (85%), work load (80%), and need to work rapidly (68%). Conclusions: It seems that, the preventive instructions are not optimally respected by ERs possibly due to the crowded wards, high work load and the need to work rapidly
Soad Mahfoozpour,S M , Alireza Baratloo,A B , Hatamabadi,H , Karimian,K and Safari,S . (2013). Minding the Prevention Protocol for Blood-Borne Diseases via EM Residents. Trauma Monthly, 18(1), 50-53. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.9380
MLA
Soad Mahfoozpour,S M , , Alireza Baratloo,A B , , Hatamabadi,H , , Karimian,K , and Safari,S . "Minding the Prevention Protocol for Blood-Borne Diseases via EM Residents", Trauma Monthly, 18, 1, 2013, 50-53. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.9380
HARVARD
Soad Mahfoozpour S M, Alireza Baratloo A B, Hatamabadi H, Karimian K, Safari S. (2013). 'Minding the Prevention Protocol for Blood-Borne Diseases via EM Residents', Trauma Monthly, 18(1), pp. 50-53. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.9380
CHICAGO
S M Soad Mahfoozpour, A B Alireza Baratloo, H Hatamabadi, K Karimian and S Safari, "Minding the Prevention Protocol for Blood-Borne Diseases via EM Residents," Trauma Monthly, 18 1 (2013): 50-53, doi: 10.5812/traumamon.9380
VANCOUVER
Soad Mahfoozpour S M, Alireza Baratloo A B, Hatamabadi H, Karimian K, Safari S. Minding the Prevention Protocol for Blood-Borne Diseases via EM Residents. Trauma Mon. 2013;18(1):50-53. doi: 10.5812/traumamon.9380
