Exploring behavioural factors influencing COVID-19-specific infection prevention and control measures in Finland: a mixed-methods study, December 2020 to March 2021
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.40.2100915
Abstract: Background Compliance with infection prevention and control (IPC) measures is critical to preventing COVID-19 transmission in healthcare settings. Aim To identify and explain factors influencing compliance with COVID-19-specific IPC measures among healthcare workers (HCWs) in… read more here.
Keywords: prevention control; infection prevention; factors influencing; covid ... See more keywords
Assessment of Infection Prevention and Control Measures at Points of Entry in Sierra Leone in 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19105936
Abstract: Implementing and monitoring infection prevention and control (IPC) measures at immigration points of entry (PoEs) is key to preventing infections, reducing excessive use of antimicrobials, and tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Sierra Leone has been implementing… read more here.
Keywords: prevention control; infection prevention; sierra leone; ipc ... See more keywords
The impediments of implementing infection prevention control in public hospitals: Nurses’ perspectives
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DOI: 10.4102/hsag.v27i0.2033
Abstract: Background Infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes were introduced to combat healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance and to facilitate the implementation of IPC measures. The implementation of policies and guidelines results in effective service delivery.… read more here.
Keywords: prevention control; infection prevention; ipc measures; impediments implementing ... See more keywords
Differences in infection control and diagnostic measures for multidrug-resistant organisms in the tristate area of France, Germany and Switzerland in 2019 - survey results from the RH(E)IN-CARE network.
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DOI: 10.4414/smw.2021.20454
Abstract: BACKGROUND Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are a public health threat. Single-centre interventions, however, are likely to fail in the long term, as patients are commonly transferred between institutions given the economic integration across borders. A transnational… read more here.
Keywords: ipc measures; control; centre; multidrug resistant ... See more keywords
Nationwide descriptive epidemiological study of patients with COVID-19 evacuated from Wuhan, China, to Japan from January to February 2020.
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DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2022.049
Abstract: We investigated epidemiological findings regarding the route of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures among returnees in the emergent evacuation from Wuhan, China to Japan under the COVID-19 outbreak in… read more here.
Keywords: nationwide descriptive; ipc measures; wuhan china; china japan ... See more keywords