The associations between organizational culture and knowledge, attitudes, and practices in a multicenter Veterans Affairs quality improvement initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-143

  Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda L ^a   Burkitt, Kelly H ^b   Cuerdon, Timothy ^c   Harrison, Cassandra ^a   Gao, Shasha ^b   Obrosky, D Scott ^b   Jain, Rajiv ^d   Fine, Michael J ^b,e   Jernigan, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b VA Health Services Research and Development Service   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration Central Office   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Organizational culture; Prevention; Quality improvement; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84857789010     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.04.332     Document Type: Article

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