Barriers to implementing infection prevention and control guidelines during crises: Experiences of health care professionals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 726-733

  Timen, Aura ^a,b   Hulscher, Marlies E J L ^c   Rust, Laura ^b   Van Steenbergen, Jim E ^a   Akkermans, Reinier P ^c   Grol, Richard P T M ^c   Van Der Meer, Jos W M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Association for Community Health Services   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adherence; Barriers; crises; guidelines; infection control; outbreak management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78049357333     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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