Infection prevention and control in nursing homes: A qualitative study of decision-making regarding isolation-based practices

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 630-636

  Cohen, Catherine Crawford ^a   Pogorzelska Maziarz, Monika ^b   Herzig, Carolyn T A ^a   Carter, Eileen J ^a,c   Bjarnadottir, Ragnhildur ^a   Semeraro, Patricia ^a   Travers, Jasmine L ^a   Stone, Patricia W ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY BAG; CONFLICT; CONSENSUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; FRUSTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF NURSE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ISOLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943169748     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-003952     Document Type: Article

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