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Nurses' Intentions to Wear Gloves During Venipuncture Procedures: A Behavioral Psychology Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Suhail A. R. Doi  and
María Florencia Amigó
Suhail A. R. Doi*
Affiliation:
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Australia Division of Endocrinology, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Safat, Kuwait
María Florencia Amigó
Affiliation:
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Australia
*
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, PO Box 24923 Safat, 13110 Kuwait ([email protected])
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Abstract

Registered nurses working at a teaching hospital in Kuwait were surveyed to assess the psychosocial variables associated with their intention to comply with glove-wearing recommendations. Perceived consequences and normative beliefs, as well as sex and years of nursing experience, significantly influenced their behavioral intentions, suggesting that improvements in intention to comply are more likely to come from practical demonstrations that show nurses the potential outcomes of both using and not using gloves.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , pp. 747 - 750
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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