Health Workers Detail Errors In Adhering To Infection Prevention Guidance During Peak Of COVID-19

Healio (12/11, Feller) says, “In a survey of health care personnel, one-third of registered nurses and more than one-quarter of physicians reported making at least one error in adhering to guidance for personal protective equipment in the previous 2 weeks.” Additionally, “nurses and physicians were far more likely to report nonadherence than other personnel, and respondents with a higher risk for exposure to SARS-CoV-2 were close to six times more likely to report errors, researchers reported.” Researchers “analyzed responses to surveys from 191 health care personnel...collected between July 2020 and January 2021.” The findings were reported in the American Journal of Infection Control.