Beyond hand hygiene: A qualitative study of the everyday work of preventing cross-contamination on Hospital wards

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 552-558

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLEANING STAFF; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD WORK; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; NURSING STUDENT; OFFICE WORKER; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIDEO REFLEXIVE ETHNOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING; WARD; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT LIFTING; PROCEDURES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENTS' ROOMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 85031748372     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005878     Document Type: Article

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