Healthcare workers' decision-making about transmission-based infection control precautions is improved by a guidance summary card

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-239

  Russell, C D ^a,b   Young, I ^a,b   Leung, V ^c   Morris, K ^a  

^a VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infection; Infection control; Syndromic isolation; Transmission based precautions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TRANSMISSION BASED INFECTION CONTROL PRECAUTION; VOMITING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASK; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASKS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84930572073     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.12.025     Document Type: Article

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