A qualitative, interprofessional analysis of barriers to and facilitators of implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Clostridium difficile prevention bundle using a human factors engineering approach

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 276-284

  Yanke, Eric ^a   Moriarty, Helene ^b,c   Carayon, Pascale ^d   Safdar, Nasia ^a,e  

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

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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

Author keywords

bundle; Clostridium difficile; focus groups; human factors engineering; infection prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; ERGONOMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ERGONOMICS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85038398493     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.08.027     Document Type: Article

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