N95® respirators, when necessary, perhaps owing to the lack of
availability of N95® respirators in some units. They also frequently recap
needles, which may link to the observation during the audit that there
was a deficiency in sharps containers, and do not wash their hands
between caring for different patients, possibly because of the absence
of soap observed during the audit. This situation places them at risk of
acquiring air- and blood-borne infectious diseases.