Assessing the wearing of jewellery by French healthcare professionals

A prospective observation study was undertaken in seven medical centers, in the French region Alpes-Maritime, to assess nail hygiene of healthcare professionals and how often they wear hand jewellery. Seven hundred and six healthcare workers in seven medical centers were interviewed from March to Ap...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Médecine et maladies infectieuses 2011-04, Vol.41 (4), p.192-196
Hauptverfasser:	Vandenbos, F, Gal, J, Dandine, M, Six, C, Veyres, P, Chappuis, V, Diez, M, Mazzoni, L, Daideri, G, Bodokh, I, Carassou-Maillan, A, Chamorey, E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Cosmetics France Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data Hand Hand Disinfection Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data Humans Hygiene Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient - prevention & control Jewelry - utilization Nails Personnel, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Practice Guidelines as Topic Prospective Studies Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	A prospective observation study was undertaken in seven medical centers, in the French region Alpes-Maritime, to assess nail hygiene of healthcare professionals and how often they wear hand jewellery. Seven hundred and six healthcare workers in seven medical centers were interviewed from March to April 2008. Among the 706 professionals, 306 (43%) were wearing one or several pieces of jewellery. The nails of 81 (11.5%) were non-standard according to guidelines. Three hundred and forty-four health care professionals (49%) were wearing one or several pieces of jewellery and/or presented with non-standard nails. In univariate analysis, the wearing of jewellery was linked to the medical centre (P
ISSN:	0399-077X 1769-6690
DOI:	10.1016/j.medmal.2010.12.001