Questionnaire survey : attitudes towards routine screening of patients presenting for high risk management

Abstract

The participants to the seminar were asked to answer an anonymous questionnaire aimed at identifying their attitudes towards the risk of inadvertent infection of health personnel in general and their attitudes towards the concept of routine screening. The questionnaire was divided into two sections: the first aiming to identify the status and seniority of the respondents besides their vaccination status, while the second posed direct questions to assess the participants attitudes towards routine patient screening. A total of 86 participants returned the questionnaire survey. Thirty one (36%) of these belonged to the medical profession, while 52 (61%) belonged to the nursing profession. Three were medical/dental students (Table 1).