An innovative approach to strengthening health professionals’ infection control and limiting hospital-acquired infection: Video-reflexive ethnography

BMJ Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 157-162

  Iedema, Rick ^a,b   Hor, Su Yin ^b   Wyer, Mary ^b   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^c,d,f   Jorm, Christine ^e   Hooker, Claire ^c   O’Sullivan, Matthew Vincent Neil ^d,f  

^a Agency for Clinical Innovation (NSW Ministry of Health)   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTAMINATION; DATA PROCESSING; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIDEO REFLEXIVE ETHNOGRAPHY;

EID: 84999449828     PISSN: 20558074     EISSN: 2055642X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2014-000032     Document Type: Article

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