Relationship between patient safety climate and standard precaution adherence: a systematic review of the literature. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Relationship between patient safety climate and standard precaution adherence: a systematic review of the literature. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published September 2015

Relationship between patient safety climate and standard precaution adherence: a systematic review of the literature.

Hessels AJ, Larson EL. J Hosp Infect. 2015 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print].

All seven articles included in this systematic review showed a statistically significant association between better safety culture and adherence to standard precautions, which are key to preventing health care–associated infections.

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