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An 'Academic Detailing' Intervention To Decrease Exposure to HIV Infection among Health-care Workers

Carla J. Treloar

Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, NSW Australia

Nick Higginbotham

Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, NSW Australia

John Malcolm

Consultant Physician in a Private Practice, Australia

David Sutherland

Nineways Specialist Climc, Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia

Sandy Berenger

Hunter Area Health Service, NSW Australia

This intervention aimed to decrease health-care workers' experience of automatic pilot (mindless functioning) when performing high risk procedures. An academic detailing visit resulted in a significant increase in compliance with safety guidelines and a decreased incidence of other unsafe practices among 80 health care workers of two hospital units. The effects of mindlessness on health behaviour may be far reaching and the model described in this paper can be used to develop appropriate interventions.

Key Words: academic detailing • health-care worker • HIV • mindlessness, occupational exposure

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 1, No. 4, 455-468 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/135910539600100404
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