Differences in identifying healthcare associated infections using clinical vignettes and the influence of respondent characteristics: A cross-sectional survey of Australian infection prevention staff

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Russo, Philip L ^a,b   Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^c,d   Richards, Michael ^e   Graves, Nicholas ^a   Hall, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit Alfred Health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical vignettes; Data accuracy; Healthcare associated infections; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTERED NURSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; VIGNETTE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84938485092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-015-0070-7     Document Type: Article

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