Barriers and facilitators to infection control at a hospital in northern India: A qualitative study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Barker, Anna K ^a   Brown, Kelli ^a   Siraj, Dawd ^a   Ahsan, Muneeb ^b   Sengupta, Sharmila ^b   Safdar, Nasia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDANTA THE MEDICITY   (India)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health; Human factors; India; Infection control; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLOVE; GOWN; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASK; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHOE COVER; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85018487322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-017-0189-9     Document Type: Article

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