Work hours, work stress, and collaboration among ward staff in relation to risk of hospital-associated infection among patients

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-318

  Virtanen, Marianna ^a,b   Kurvinen, Tiina ^c   Terho, Kirsi ^c   Oksanen, Tuula ^d   Peltonen, Reijo ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^d   Routamaa, Marianne ^c   Elovainio, Marko ^e   Kivimäki, Mika ^f  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Finninh Institute of Occupational Health   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare systems; Healthcare team; Morbidity; Nosocomial infections; Psychologic stress; Staff work load

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BURN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENDER; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INSULIN PUMP; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYELOMA; NEWBORN; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRACHEOTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION; TRUST; URETER CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR; WARD; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; BURNOUT; CLASSIFICATION; COOPERATION; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRUST; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849161611     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181893c64     Document Type: Article

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