Bad habits that stick: adhesive tape use practices and beliefs
Tape rolls are often used for multiple patients despite recommendations by manufacturers for single-patient use. We developed a survey to query Health Care Personnel about their tape use practices and beliefs and uncovered behaviors that put patients at risk for hospital-acquired infections due to tape use.
Authors
- Esteban DelPilar-Morales
- Megan Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3547-7146)
- Reva Kleppel
- Jacob Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9065-0378)
- Manju Mathew
- Sarah Haessler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7697-8641)
- Michele Maryanski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4302-161X)
- Morgan Gilmore
- Julia Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1569-5206)
- Kristin Smith
- Stacey Peters
- Laura Hegarty-Moore
- Steven Roncaioli
Institutions
- Baystate Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.175
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00