Perioperative Use of the Hands-Free Technique: A Semistructured Interview Study

ABSTRACT
• OCCUPATIONALLY CONTRACTED bloodborne infections are preventable, but the use of many protective measures remains limited.
• THERE IS GROWING EVIDENCE that the use of the hands-free technique (HFT) to pass sharp items during surgical procedures is effective in protecting against sharps injury and bloody contamination.
• RESEARCHERS CONDUCTED in-depth telephone interviews to explore 20 health care providers' knowledge and use of the HFT.
• MOST OF THE INTERVIEWEES did not regularly use the HFT, and some were resistant to its use. AORN J 84 (August 2006) 233–248. © AORN, Inc, 2006.