ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2021
Infection prevention and control practices in the home environment: Examining enablers and barriers to adherence among home health care nurses.
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- Challenges of accessing hygiene facilities when on the move: an exploratory interview study with UK mobile workers.BMC public health · 2023Review
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- Adherence to Personal Protective Equipment Use in Home-Care Service Agencies During COVID-19 in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- Infection prevention and control practice among home-care nursing agencies in Japan: Secondary analysis of a nationwide cross-sectional survey.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2021Article
- Healthy Aging Requires a Healthy Home Care Workforce: the Occupational Safety and Health of Home Care Aides.Current environmental health reports · 2021Review
- Individual, social, and environmental factors for infection risk among home healthcare patients: A multi-method study.Health & social care in the community · 2021Article
- Mitigating and Solving Infection Prevention and Control Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From Qualitative Interviews With U.S. Home Healthcare Staff.Home healthcare nowArticle
- Home Health Nurses' Perceptions of Caring for Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illnesses.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInfection Prevention and Control (IPC) practices have been established in home health care. Adherence to IPC practices has been suboptimal with limited available evidence. The study aim was to examine the impact of individual, home environment, and organizational factors on IPC practices using human factors model.
methodsThree hundred and fifty-three nurses were surveyed across two large home care agencies to examine the relationship between IPC adherence and individual, home environment, and organizational factors.
resultsNurses reported multiple barriers to IPC practices in patients' homes (mean = 4.34, standard deviation = 2.53). Frequent barriers included clutter (reported by 74.5% of nurses) and a dirty environment (70.3%). Nurses also reported limited availability of some IPC supplies (mean = 7.76, standard deviation = 2.44), including personal protective equipment. Home environment factors were significant barriers, and availability of IPC supplies were significant enablers of IPC adherence. Agency-provided training and decision-making resources were not significant factors for IPC adherence in the presence of home environment barriers and IPC supplies.
conclusionsThis study findings suggest that IPC adherence strategies point to addressing barriers in the home environment and increasing availability of IPC supplies. The relationship between the patient's home environment, organizational factors, and IPC practices among home health care nurses warrants further study.
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