Beyond the control of the care home: A meta‐ethnography of qualitative studies of Infection Prevention and Control in residential and nursing homes for older people

G Daker‐White, M Panagioti, S Giles… - Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aimed to develop interpretive insights concerning Infection Prevention
and Control (IPC) in care homes for older people. Design This study had a meta …

Critical infection control adaptations to survive COVID-19 in retirement communities

A Munanga - Journal of gerontological nursing, 2020 - journals.healio.com
A retirement community in Seattle, Washington reported their first COVID-19 case in early
March 2020 and within 1 week, the community had a total of four positive resident cases and …

Using a human-factors engineering approach to evaluate environmental cleaning in Veterans' Affairs acute and long-term care facilities: A qualitative analysis

LL McKinley, CC Goedken, EC Balkenende… - Infection Control & …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Background: Environmental cleaning is important in the interruption of pathogen
transmission. Although prevention initiatives have targeted environmental cleaning, practice …

“Our job is to break that chain of infection”: Challenges environmental management services (EMS) staff face in accomplishing their critical role in infection prevention

CC Goedken, L McKinley, E Balkenende… - Antimicrobial …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Contaminated surfaces in healthcare settings contribute to the transmission of
nosocomial pathogens. Adequate environmental cleaning is important for preventing the …

Evaluation of daily environmental cleaning and disinfection practices in veterans affairs acute and long-term care facilities: A mixed methods study

L McKinley, CC Goedken, E Balkenende… - American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe daily environmental cleaning and disinfection practices and their
associations with cleaning rates while exploring contextual factors experienced by …

Quantitative microbial risk assessment of human norovirus infection in environmental service workers due to healthcare-associated fomites

KN Overbey, GB Hamra, KE Nachman, C Rock… - Journal of Hospital …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Healthcare-associated norovirus outbreaks place a large burden on healthcare
staff. Environmental service workers (ESWs), however, remain understudied despite high …

Changing aged care, changing aged care work: workforce and work value issues in Australian residential aged care

G Meagher - 2021 - researchers.mq.edu.au
This report presents research on the nature and valuation of care work in Australian
residential aged care, in the context of change in the structure of the sector and in …

[图书][B] Daily Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections: Evaluation of Predictors of Cleaning Compliance, Work System Analysis …

L Fredricks-McKinley - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality
causing serious physical, psychological and financial consequences. Although the risk of …

[PDF][PDF] Beyond the control of the care home

G Daker‐White, M Panagioti, S Giles, T Blakeman… - 2021 - pure.manchester.ac.uk
Objective: This study aimed to develop interpretive insights concerning Infection Prevention
and Control (IPC) in care homes for older people. Design: This study had a meta …

Vårdpersonals erfarenheter av infektionsprevention inom vård i hemsjukvård och på vårdboende: En litteraturstudie

E Englund, IM Hedlund - 2021 - diva-portal.org
Bakgrund: Intresset för vård utanför sjukhusen har ökat till följd av den demografiska
utvecklingen i världen med en ökande andel äldre och fler individer som är i behov av …