Impact of patient safety climate on infection prevention practices and healthcare worker and patient outcomes.

Amanda J. Hessels; Jingwen Guo; Cara T Johnson; Elaine L. Larson

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Impact of patient safety climate on infection prevention practices and healthcare worker and patient outcomes.

May 10, 2023

Hessels AJ, Guo J, Johnson CT, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2023;51(5):482-489.

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Standard precautions, including hand hygiene and sharps safety, keep patients and staff safe, but adherence is suboptimal. An earlier systematic review shows an association between standard precaution compliance and overall safety climate. This study aimed to determine if adherence to standard precautions and safety climate were associated with healthcare associated infection (HAI) rates. Adherence rates were low (64%) and associated with HAI and healthcare worker needlesticks.

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