Identification and characterization of failures in infectious agent transmission precaution practices in hospitals: A qualitative study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1016-1022

  Krein, Sarah L ^a,b   Mayer, Jeanmarie ^c,d   Harrod, Molly ^a   Weston, Lauren E ^a   Gregory, Lynn ^b   Petersen, Laura ^b   Samore, Matthew H ^c,d   Drews, Frank A ^c,d,e  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTAMINATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERROR; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS AGENT; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATERIALS HANDLING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONTAMINATION; SURGICAL WARD; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85051372479     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.1898     Document Type: Article

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