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ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2018

What do visitors know and how do they feel about contact precautions?

Grace Seibert, Tola Ewers, Anna K Barker, Adam Slavick, Marc-Oliver Wright, Linda Stevens, Nasia Safdar

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Article in American journal of infection control, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2021
    Article
  3. Article
  4. The case for relaxing no-visitor policies in hospitals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2021
    Article
  5. Human factors/ergonomics work system analysis of patient work: state of the science and future directions.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Grace SeibertInfection Control, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI.
Tola EwersDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Anna K BarkerDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Adam SlavickInfection Control, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI.
Marc-Oliver WrightInfection Control, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI.
Linda StevensNursing Quality and Safety, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority, Madison, WI.
Nasia SafdarInfection Control, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI. Electronic address: ns2@medicine.wisc.edu.

Funding

INTEGRATED TRAINING FOR PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTST32GM008692 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI BURKARD, MARK E · 1998 to 2020
$10.3M
Implementation of Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections-the Icare studyR18HS024039 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI SAFDAR, NASIA · 2015 to 2017
$1.5M
AHRQ HHS R18 HS024039NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008692
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are placed in contact precautions. We surveyed 31 visitors of CDI patients to understand their compliance, knowledge, and perceptions of contact precautions. Although most visitors knew where to find the required personal protective equipment, only 42% were fully compliant with gown and gloves. Family members accounted for 90% of visitors, and roughly half of the reasons given for not gowning were related to a lack of perceived risk for family members. Nursing staff are fundamental sources of personal protective equipment (PPE) information for visitors; however, we found variation in staff communication regarding need for visitor PPE use.

Indexed as

Guideline AdherenceInfection ControlVisitors to PatientsCross InfectionData CollectionHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHospitalsHumansOrganizational PolicyPatient IsolationProtective ClothingSurveys and QuestionnairesBarrier precautionsClostridium difficile infectionInfection preventionPersonal protective equipmentSEIPS modelVisitor knowledge and perceptions

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PMID28732742
PMCPMC6245601

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