Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30037135›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

A Potential Way to Decrease the Know-Do Gap in Hospital Infection Control in Vietnam:

La Thi Quynh Lien, Eva Johansson, Pham Thi Lan, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Nguyen Thi Minh Thoa, Nguyen Quynh Hoa, Ho Dang Phuc, Ashok J Tamhankar, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Hand Hygiene Teaching Strategies among Nursing Staff: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

La Thi Quynh LienHealth Systems and Policy (HSP): Improving the Use of Medicines, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden. lien.la.thi.quynh@ki.se.ORCID 0000-0002-7641-2541
Eva JohanssonHealth Systems and Policy (HSP): Improving the Use of Medicines, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden. eva.Johansson@ki.se.
Pham Thi LanDepartment of Family Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, 01 Ton That Tung, Dong Da District, Hanoi 116516, Vietnam. landhy2003@yahoo.com.
Nguyen Thi Kim ChucDepartment of Family Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, 01 Ton That Tung, Dong Da District, Hanoi 116516, Vietnam. ntkchuc@yahoo.com.
Nguyen Thi Minh ThoaDepartment of Family Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, 01 Ton That Tung, Dong Da District, Hanoi 116516, Vietnam. ntmthoa@gmail.com.
Nguyen Quynh HoaNational Centralised Drug Procurement Centre, Vietnam Ministry of Health, 138A Giang Vo Street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi 118401, Vietnam. quynhhoa29@gmail.com.
Ho Dang PhucInstitute of Mathematics-VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay District, Hanoi 122121, Vietnam. hodang54@yahoo.com.
Ashok J TamhankarHealth Systems and Policy (HSP): Improving the Use of Medicines, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden. ejetee@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0731-1680
Cecilia Stålsby LundborgHealth Systems and Policy (HSP): Improving the Use of Medicines, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden. Cecilia.Stalsby.Lundborg@ki.se.ORCID 0000-0001-6525-1861

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adequate infection control plays a key role in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This study aimed to explore staff perceptions of hospital infection control in a rural and an urban hospital in Vietnam. Individual interviews were conducted with hospital managers, and focus group discussions were conducted with doctors, nurses and cleaning workers separately. Content analysis was applied. An interview guide including discussion points on HAIs, hand hygiene and healthcare waste management was used. Generally, the staff were knowledgeable of hospital infection control, but they were not aware of the situation in their own hospital, and infection control practices in the hospitals remained poor. Reported difficulties in infection control included lack of resources, poor awareness and patient overload. A main theme emerged: 'Making data on HAIs available for health workers can improve their awareness and motivate them to put their existing knowledge into practice, thus decreasing the know-do gap in infection control'. This could be a feasible intervention to improve infection control practice in the hospitals with limited resources, high workload and patient overload.

Indexed as

Attitude of Health PersonnelAdultCross InfectionFemaleFocus GroupsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInfection ControlMaleMiddle AgedPersonnel, HospitalRural PopulationUrban PopulationVietnamhealthcare-associated infectionhospital staffinfection controlknow-do gapperceptionsqualitative studyVietnam

Identifiers

PMID30037135
PMCPMC6068930

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.