Assessment of operating room nurses' exposure to biological hazards: development and psychometric evaluation of a scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biological hazards are one of the most common threats that operating room personnel face. The present study was conducted to develop and test the psychometric properties of a scale for measuring operating room nurses' exposure to biological hazards.

Methods

This study is a methodological research that was conducted in two stages. In the first stage, a pool of items was developed after an extensive literature review. In the second stage, the scale's validity and reliability were tested. The validity of the scale was assessed in terms of face validity, content validity, and construct validity. To determine the scale's reliability, the researchers evaluated internal consistency and stability.

Results

The initial version of the exposure to biological hazards sc

SUBMITTER: Bagheri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11613739 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature