Implementation of infection control best practice in intensive care units throughout Europe: A mixed-method evaluation study

Implementation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sax, Hugo ^a,b   Clack, Lauren ^a,b   Touveneau, Sylvie ^a   Jantarada, Fabricio da Liberdade ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a   Zingg, Walter ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Best practice; Catheter related bloodstream infections; Hand hygiene; Implementation; Infection control; Intensive care units; Organizational case studies; Organizational culture; Organizational decision making; Organizational innovation; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873956956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-24     Document Type: Article

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