Abstract

Since the mid 1980s, health care workers have attempted to eliminate contact with blood and other body via primary or secondary exposure. At delivery, stethoscopes used on newly born infants come in direct contact with blood and body fluids from the skin of the infant. If contaminants such as blood and body fluids still remain on stethoscopes despite cleaning, an environmental risk may exist.

Using a naturalistic setting, a non-experimental, two group post-test design was implemented to investigate the occurrence of organic buildup and residual blood on clean stethoscopes used on infants in the delivery and/or nursery areas. Eleven hospitals were chosen as data collection sites from a non-probability sampling technique.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9804909; ProQuest document ID: 304407050. The author still retains copyright.

Jan Marie Nick

Author Details

Jan Maire Nick, PhD, RN, RNC, CNE, ANEF

Sigma Membership

Gamma Alpha

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Observational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Environmental Risks, Neonatal Unit, Blood and Bodily Fluid Contamination

Advisor

Joanette McGodney

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Degree Year

1997

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2019-08-12

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