TB infection prevention and control experiences of South African nurses - A phenomenological study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sissolak, Dagmar ^a   Marais, Frederick ^a   Mehtar, Shaheen ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

barriers; clinical practice; infection prevention and control; nurses; phenomenological approach; TB; tuberculosis; wards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955004415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-262     Document Type: Article

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