Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study

Background: Surgeons are at an increased risk of contracting blood-borne pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate gender difference, surgical position, surgical experience, and subspecialty regarding surgeons’ compliance to standard precautions. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based...

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Autores principales:	Shahad Yousefr Alsaigh, Amal Aboudr Alasmari, Anadel Hassanr Hakeem, Amairah Fahadr Aloushan, Fatemah Saleh Binr Saleh, Alaa Althubaiti, Zeyad Yousef
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019
Materias:	barrier precautions blood-borne pathogens double gloving surgeons surgical positions surgical specialty Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7c30fc1a5a34414a8abd32f1aa4316392021-12-02T17:05:48ZGender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study2231-07702249-446410.4103/AJM.AJM_146_18https://doaj.org/article/7c30fc1a5a34414a8abd32f1aa4316392019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/AJM.AJM_146_18https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Background: Surgeons are at an increased risk of contracting blood-borne pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate gender difference, surgical position, surgical experience, and subspecialty regarding surgeons’ compliance to standard precautions. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed using a purposive sampling. A total of 241 surgeons were surveyed from June 2017 to January 2018. Results: In total, 179 (74.3%) males and 62 (25.7%) females completed the questionnaire. The gender difference was evident when the type of surgery was extremely important in influencing the decision on wearing double gloves (DGs); 108 (60.3%) male surgeons versus 27 (43.5%) female surgeons (P = 0.022). Although a total of 17 (30.3%) surgeons reported being extremely and very concerned about contracting human immunodeficiency virus through their work, they had never tried DG (P = 0.027). Conclusion: This study revealed that the decision of wearing DG was affected by several factors. Surgeons’ decision to wear DG was influenced by the type of surgery. This study showed that most surgeons reported lack of adherence to barrier precaution measures.Shahad Yousefr AlsaighAmal Aboudr AlasmariAnadel Hassanr HakeemAmairah Fahadr AloushanFatemah Saleh Binr SalehAlaa AlthubaitiZeyad YousefThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlebarrier precautionsblood-borne pathogensdouble glovingsurgeonssurgical positionssurgical specialtyMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 01, Pp 15-22 (2019)
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spellingShingle	barrier precautions blood-borne pathogens double gloving surgeons surgical positions surgical specialty Medicine R Shahad Yousefr Alsaigh Amal Aboudr Alasmari Anadel Hassanr Hakeem Amairah Fahadr Aloushan Fatemah Saleh Binr Saleh Alaa Althubaiti Zeyad Yousef Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study
description	Background: Surgeons are at an increased risk of contracting blood-borne pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate gender difference, surgical position, surgical experience, and subspecialty regarding surgeons’ compliance to standard precautions. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was performed using a purposive sampling. A total of 241 surgeons were surveyed from June 2017 to January 2018. Results: In total, 179 (74.3%) males and 62 (25.7%) females completed the questionnaire. The gender difference was evident when the type of surgery was extremely important in influencing the decision on wearing double gloves (DGs); 108 (60.3%) male surgeons versus 27 (43.5%) female surgeons (P = 0.022). Although a total of 17 (30.3%) surgeons reported being extremely and very concerned about contracting human immunodeficiency virus through their work, they had never tried DG (P = 0.027). Conclusion: This study revealed that the decision of wearing DG was affected by several factors. Surgeons’ decision to wear DG was influenced by the type of surgery. This study showed that most surgeons reported lack of adherence to barrier precaution measures.
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author	Shahad Yousefr Alsaigh Amal Aboudr Alasmari Anadel Hassanr Hakeem Amairah Fahadr Aloushan Fatemah Saleh Binr Saleh Alaa Althubaiti Zeyad Yousef
author_facet	Shahad Yousefr Alsaigh Amal Aboudr Alasmari Anadel Hassanr Hakeem Amairah Fahadr Aloushan Fatemah Saleh Binr Saleh Alaa Althubaiti Zeyad Yousef
author_sort	Shahad Yousefr Alsaigh
title	Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study
title_short	Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study
title_full	Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr	Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed	Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study
title_sort	gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: a cross-sectional study
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/7c30fc1a5a34414a8abd32f1aa431639
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Gender differences in practicing standard precautions against blood-borne pathogens among surgeons at a tertiary care center: A cross-sectional study

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