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The Relationship Of Locus-Of-Control And Altruism To Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Providers Universal Precaution Practices, Joanne L. Wakeham
The Relationship Of Locus-Of-Control And Altruism To Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Providers Universal Precaution Practices, Joanne L. Wakeham
Health Services Research Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between locus of control, altruism, occupational risk, and personal factors to the frequency of universal precautions practices of prehospital emergency medical care providers. The effects of OSHA's Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens; Final Rule on reducing prehospital emergency medical care providers occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens were also examined. Prehospital emergency medical care providers from municipal and private EMS agencies in the Tidewater Emergency Medical Services region participated in this study. Prehospital emergency medical care providers self-reported perceptions of locus of control, altruism, occupational risk, and universal precautions practices were …