This poster is published under an
open license. Please read the
disclaimer for further details.
Keywords:
Radiographers, Professional issues, Digital radiography, Audit and standards, Technical aspects, Health policy and practice, Parasites, Education and training
Authors:
M. Ramalho, L. P. Ribeiro, A. F. Abrantes, O. Lesyuk, S. Rodrigues, A. D. M. Ribeiro, J. P. Pinheiro, R. P. P. Almeida; Faro/PT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2017/B-0824
Results
In this study the sample is represented by 50% of female and 47,9 male radiographers (Fig. 2),
ages between 21 and 61 years old (Fig. 3),
and professional experience between 1 to 29 years (Fig. 4).
Results showed that almost 60% of radiographers have trainning in hospital infection prevention measurements (Fig. 5),
and the same proportion of sample responded to use personal protective equipment,
such as gloves and aprons when necessary (Fig. 6).
The main reason cited by the participants for the use of gloves is to minimize the risk of biological material handling potentially infected,
with 62.5% of the total sample (Fig. 7) and the main reason for non use of gloves is that they have no perception of risk (31.3%),
the gloves are unavailable on site or the urgency in the procedure,
both with 27.1% (Fig. 8).
During the observation we recorded that a small portion of radiographers disinfect hands before procedures and apply gloves but its a common action after the procedure.
During the evaluation of hand scrubbing technique,
only 20% of the radiographers presented a total disinfected area of hands and in the rest of the sample the most common non-sanitized areas were fingers and back of the hands.