Perceived barriers to infection prevention and control for nursing home certified nursing assistants: A qualitative study

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 355-360

  Travers, Jasmine ^a   Herzig, Carolyn T A ^a,b   Pogorzelska Maziarz, Monika ^c   Carter, Eileen ^a,d   Cohen, Catherine C ^a   Semeraro, Patricia K ^a   Bjarnadottir, Ragnhildur I ^a   Stone, Patricia W ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified nursing assistants; Healthcare associated infections; Infection prevention and control; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 84943584646     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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