Knowledge and compliance with standard precautions among registered nurses: A cross-sectional study

Factors influencing knowledge, awareness, and compliance with standard precautions among psychiatric nurses

“…A significant correlation between knowledge and compliance supports the results of previous studies (Al-Faouria et al, 2021;Zeb & Ali, 2021). There was a moderate correlation between knowledge and awareness; however, awareness and compliance showed a high correlation.…”

“…Regarding the factors affecting compliance, awareness showed a high level of explanatory power. In studies on clinical nurses, knowledge influenced compliance (Al-Faouria et al, 2021;Zeb & Ali, 2021); however, this influence was not significant in the present study. Education, career period, and experience with needle-prick injuries did not affect compliance.…”

“…Although not significant in this study, it is noteworthy that the awareness and compliance levels of head nurses were low. This is contrary to the results of studies on clinical nurses, excluding psychiatry, wherein experienced nurses' or head nurses' compliance was high (Al-Faouria et al, 2021;Ayed et al, 2015). Positive organizational culture improves compliance of standard precautions and affects the frequency of infections; moreover, the supervisor's attitude also affects compliance (Quan et al, 2015;Zeb & Ali, 2021).…”

“…Despite the awareness of the importance of standard precautions in reducing the transmission of infectious agents in the workplace, low compliance rates among health care personnel have been reported worldwide (Al-Faouria et al, 2021). Generally, factors affecting standard precaution compliance include continuous education and training (Zeb & Ali, 2021).…”

Stigma towards health care providers taking care of COVID-19 patients: A multi-country study

“…However, compliance with strictly adhering to preventive measures may vary according many factors such as to the healthcare workers nature of contact with the patients; professions such as pharmacist are the least likely to follow the precautionary measures since they are less exposed to the infected patients, according to a study conducted in Ghana [ 33 ]. In addition, many previous studies showed that compliance with standard precautions guidelines is low among health care workers 34 , 35 .…”