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Volume 13 - October 1992

Contents

Page 10 of 14

SHEA News

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  • National Conference on Prevention of Device-Mediated Bloodborne Infections

  • Robert A. Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 306
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  • Position Papers on Deck

  • Roberta Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 434
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Back matter

  • ICE volume 13 issue 11 Back matter

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    21 June 2016, pp. b1-b2
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  • Fellowship in Hospital Epidemiology

  • Robert A. Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 60
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  • Job Market

  • Roberta Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 492
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  • SHEA Abstracts

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    21 June 2016, pp. 562-564
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  • SHEA Makes OSHA Recordbook

  • Robert A. Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 232
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Readers' Forum

  • Using Force Field Analysis to Promote Use of Personal Protective Equipment

  • Caroline McCoy White, Marie C. Berger
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    21 June 2016, pp. 752-756

  • Force field analysis, a technique promulgated by Lewin 50 years ago, is an aid to infection control practice in situations where it is necessary for individuals to substitute new routines for previously accepted practice, as in the required used of personal protective equipment as part of Universal Precautions. By providing a way to link the multiple factors that may be determinants of an individual's behavior, force field analysis offers a way to uncover salient issues and to identify potentially fruitful avenues for intervention to promote the desired behavior change.

    Force field analysis directs attention to the goal(s) to be achieved through the behavior and to the forces that drive or restrain the individual in the performance of the behavior being examined. Viewed in relation to use of personal protective equipment as part of infection control procedures, using force field analysis involves becoming clear about the purpose(s) of using personal protective equipment, factors that motivate and make easy the use of personal protective equipment, and factors that act as barriers or deterrents to using personal protective equipment. Recent commentaries in this journal have addressed these issues separately: Jackson and Lynch described the differing purposes of systems of infection control commonly referred to as Universal Precautions and their consequently differing procedures, pointing out potentials for confusion owing to goal; Campbell, 3 reviewing theories of motivation and power, suggested that infection control practitioners attend to these in addition to the technical aspects of practice. Force field analysis brings together these and others of the myriad elements that influence behavior, allowing the practitioner to think creatively about why and why not particular behavior occurs and then to think about what might help make the behavior more likely to occur.

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  • From the Centers for Disease Control

  • Elaine Larson
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    21 June 2016, pp. 171-172
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  • SHEA/CDC/AHA Training Program Scholarships

  • Robert A. Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 614
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  • Hepatitis B Vaccine Set for Introduction Into National Immunization Programs

  • Elaine Larson
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    21 June 2016, p. 372
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  • President's Message

  • John P. Burke
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    21 June 2016, p. 119
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  • SHEA Abstracts

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    21 June 2016, pp. 494-497
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  • SHEA News and Newsletter Editor Search

  • Roberta Weinstein
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  • SHEA News and Newsletter Editor Search

  • Robert A. Weinstein
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  • Update on Tuberculosis Control Guidelines for Hospitals

  • Robert A. Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 757
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Other

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  • JCAHO Lists Infection Control Indicators for Beta Testing

  • Elaine Larson
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    21 June 2016, p. 61
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  • International Latex Conference Sensitivity to Latex Medical Devices

  • Robert A. Weinstein
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    21 June 2016, p. 614
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  • OSHA Bloodborne Hazard Standard

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    21 June 2016, pp. 119-121
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