How meticulous are you about your personal items in the hospital environment? Attitude of pediatricians Hastane ortamında kişisel eşyalarınızla ilgili ne kadar titizsiniz? çocuk hekimlerinin tutumu
Cocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi, cilt.14, sa.3, 2020 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.5578/ced.202047
- Dergi Adı: Cocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Mobile phone, Name badge, White coat
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes and ap-proaches of pediatricians regarding the cleaning of doctor’s white coat, mobile phone and name badge. Material and Methods: Pediatric infectious diseases specialist/subspe-cialist student, pediatrics/pediatric infectious diseases instructor (associ-ate professor or professor) and pediatrics assistant working for at least 2 years were enrolled to the study. The number of doctor’s white coat and the frequency of washing, the number of mobile phones they used and how they cleaned them, hospital badge usage, handling and cleaning attitudes were asked. Results: Twenty-five instructors, 48 specialists and 27 assistants partic-ipated in the study. Although instructors and specialist physicians had more white coats than the assistants (p= 0.005), the frequency of coat washing did not differ between the groups of participants. Every physician had one mobile phone and nine physicians had two mobile phones. The use of name badges was most common in the resident physician group but the place of storage was not different between the groups. There was no difference between the physician groups in the preference of cleaning both mobile phones and badges. Conclusion: As the seniority of the physicians increases, doctors have more white coats, but the washing habits do not change. There is lack of awareness of the need to clean personal items, such as cell phones and badges.