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On Dec 6 2005 11:12AM  avriltrevor wrote: 
as part of my "link-nurse" course i have reseaerched de contamination of equipment but i can not find evidence to say why we should wear plastic aprons and gloves as standard precautions. any literture out there??
On Dec 6 2005 12:04PM  kirstine.brooker wrote: 
Hi Avril
Try the following references:

Advisory Group on Infection (1998) Scottish Infection Manual
Edinburgh: Scottish Office Department of Health.

Garner J (1996) Guideline for Isolation Precautions in
Hospitals Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 17 (1)
54-80.

Pratt R., Pellowe C., Loveday HP et al (2001) The epic
Project: Developing National Evidence-based Guidelines for
Preventing Healthcare associated infections Journal of
Hospital Infection 47 (supplement) S3-S4.

Mat,D., (2000) Infection Control. Nursing Standard 14 (28)
pp. 51-57

CDC Isolation Guidelines:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_isolation.htm

Good luck
Kirstine

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On Dec 6 2005 2:34PM  joan.cochrane wrote: 
Look at Universal precaution articles and also the Centre for Disease
Control - Standard Principles for Infection Control - the health and safety
Executive also have guidelines on protective clothing for healthcare workers
and of course do not forget the 'epic Project guidelines' available on NICE
web site
If your looking at protective equipment in terms of wearing during
decontamination of equipment look at NHS Estates document Infection Control
and the Built Environment (2001)another useful resource the NHS
decontamination education programme available on the department of health
web site.

Some other refs
Kingston J (1999) Is everybody doing it? Nursing Times 95 (44) 60-62

Royal College of Nursing (2000) Universal Precautions 3rd edition London
RCN


McCarthyGM KovalJJ MacDonald JK (1999) Compliance with recommended infection
control procedures among Canadian Dentists; Results of a National Survey
American journal of Infection Control 27 (5) 377-384

Joan Cochrane
Acting programme Manager
Northumbria University
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