The field of emergency medical care and rescue, by the very nature of its environment, is a reservoir in the transmission of potentially serious healthcare-associated infections to both patients and staff. Studies on infection control thus far have been largely hospital based. This quantitative, non experimental study took place in an EMS in South Africa. It used a cross-sectional,descriptive design to investigate aspects of ambulance infection control, by determining micro-organism contamination and assessing the infection control knowledge and practices of staff.The findings were...
The field of emergency medical care and rescue, by the very nature of its environment, is a reservoir in the transmission of potentially serious he...