Perceived Knowledge of Blood‐Borne Pathogens and Avoidance of Contact With Infected Patients

Abstract

Our study indicated some reluctance among nurses to care for patients with blood-borne pathogens. This appears to be the result of value systems and not a lack of knowledge, indicating a need to integrate a psychoeducational approach to education of nurses.

Knowledge of HCV Infection Among Nursing Students of the Medical College of Bitola

“…This is most probably because the full-time students are more aware of HCV infection risks than the part-time students. In Israel, the percentage of nurses who shun contact (77.3 %) with HIV, HBV, and HCV infected patients is much higher (15), but this may mostly be related to the fear of HIV/AIDS (17). These results however confi rm that HCV patients are stigmatised (18)(19)(20)(21) and that this kind of intolerance leads adversely affects the quality of patient care (22).…”

“…A research conducted in Israel showed a high level of knowledge among 180 nurses about blood-borne infections and better knowledge of HBV than HCV infection (15).…”

“…According to several studies of clinical practice, patients infected with HBV and HCV suffer from some level of stigmatisation and avoidance of care (14,15).…”

The Effect of an Educational Intervention on the Standard Precautions among Nurses in Kenya

“…These findings are in conformity with the results posted by [18] which essentially means the educational program addressed some knowledge gaps identified in the Standard Precautions. However, another study [19] demonstrated a contrary result which infers that there could be other factors other than knowledge that determines of compliance to the Standard Precautions.…”

Moral distress and avoidance behavior in nurses working in critical care and noncritical care units

“…It is the absence of verbal, physical, and social contact with patients, including lack of eye contact, decreased physical proximity, decreased time spent with the patient, and negative verbal mannerisms (Siminoff, Erlen, & Sereika, 1998). Nurses' avoidance behavior has been reported in various studies (Gutierrez, 2005;Healy & McKay, 2000;Kagan, Ovadia, & Kaneti, 2009;Lambert, Lambert, Petrini, Li, & Zhang, 2007;Mackintosh, 2007;Röndahl, Innala, & Carlsson, 2003;Tyson & Pongruengphant, 1996;Wong, Leung, & So,2001) and has been associated with repeated exposure to morally distressing situations (Gutierrez, 2005).…”