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- Title
Evaluation of Standard Precautions Compliance Instruments: A Systematic Review Using COSMIN Methodology.
- Authors
Lommi, Marzia; De Benedictis, Anna; Porcelli, Barbara; Raffaele, Barbara; Latina, Roberto; Montini, Graziella; Tolentino Diaz, Maria Ymelda; Guarente, Luca; De Maria, Maddalena; Ricci, Simona; Giovanniello, Dominique; Rocco, Gennaro; Stievano, Alessandro; Sabatino, Laura; Notarnicola, Ippolito; Gualandi, Raffaella; Tartaglini, Daniela; Ivziku, Dhurata
- Abstract
Background: Standard precautions (SPs) are first-line strategies with a dual goal: to protect health care workers from occupational contamination while providing care to infected patients and to prevent/reduce health care-associated infections (HAIs). This study aimed at (1) identifying the instruments currently available for measuring healthcare professionals' compliance with standard precautions; (2) evaluating their measurement properties; and (3) providing sound evidence for instrument selection for use by researchers, teachers, staff trainers, and clinical tutors. Methods: We carried out a systematic review to examine the psychometric properties of standard precautions self-assessment instruments in conformity with the COSMIN guidelines. The search was conducted on the databases PubMed, CINAHL, and APA PsycInfo. Results: Thirteen instruments were identified. These were classified into four categories of tools assessing: compliance with universal precautions, adherence to standard precautions, compliance with hand hygiene, and adherence to transmission-based guidelines and precautions. The psychometric properties of instruments and methodological approaches of the included studies were often not satisfactory. Only four instruments were classified as high-quality measurements. Conclusions: The available instruments that measure healthcare professionals' compliance with standard precautions are of low-moderate quality. It is necessary that future research completes the validation processes undertaken for long-established and newly developed instruments, using higher-quality methods and estimating all psychometric properties.
- Subjects
ONLINE information services; CINAHL database; PSYCHOLOGY information storage &; retrieval systems; PROFESSIONS; COLLEGE teachers; SELF-evaluation; PSYCHOMETRICS; MEDICAL protocols; LEGAL compliance; TEACHERS; UNIVERSAL precautions (Health); MEDLINE; HAND washing
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2023, Vol 11, Issue 10, p1408
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare11101408