Infection control hazards and near misses reported by nursing students

American Journal of Infection Control
Nicole F GellerElaine L Larson

Abstract

Hazard and near-miss reporting has been integrated into the curriculum for postbaccalaureate bachelor of science in nursing/master of science in nursing degree students at our institution through a Web-based reporting system since 2006. The system is used during their 25-week clinical rotations of 2 days per week in community, medical-surgical, obstetrics, pediatrics, and psychiatric settings. The purpose of this article is to describe the frequency and types of hazard and near-miss comments about infection control issues over 3 years of data collection. For each clinical rotation, students were required to complete 2 entries per week into a structured electronic hazard and near-miss reporting system. Three years worth of comments associated with these reports (2006-2009) were extracted and analyzed by 3 independent reviewers (κ statistic = 0.85). Seven categories of infection control problems were identified. Five hundred nursing students submitted 3492 comments related to hazards and near misses. Of these, 886 responses (25.4%) were related to infection control practices. The most common category was nonadherence to isolation precautions (27.6%), followed by contamination of the environment or equipment (18.5%), breaks in ase...Continue Reading

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Jul 31, 2013·American Journal of Infection Control·Mary Ann Jessee, Lorraine C Mion
Jul 12, 2017·Computers, Informatics, Nursing : CIN·Elaine L LarsonJingjing Shang
Sep 9, 2011·Journal of Nursing Care Quality·Rebecca Schnall, Suzanne Bakken

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