Understanding factors that impact on public and patient's risk perceptions and responses toward Clostridium difficile and other health care-associated infections: A structured literature review

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 542-548

  Burnett, Emma ^a   Johnston, Bridget ^a   Kearney, Nora ^a   Corlett, Joanne ^a   Macgillivray, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Infection control; Infection prevention; Management; Media; Perceptions of risk

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PERCEPTION; TRUST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNICATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878887228     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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