Noncompliance with Universal Precautions and the Associated Risk of Mucocutaneous Blood Exposure among Danish Physicians

Abstract

Compliance with Universal Precautions is unacceptably low, as reflected by the circumstances of MCE. Increased efforts to ensure education in Universal Precautions, easy accessibility of protective barriers, and improved design of the barriers are necessary to improve compliance and reduce the risk of MCE.

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