An investigation of the division between espoused and actual practice in infection control and of the knowledge sources that may underpin this division

British Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Nichols, A ^a   Badger, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actual infection control practice; Empirical study; Espoused infection control practice; Qualitative research; Tacit learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249085662     PISSN: 14690446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469044608088621     Document Type: Article

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