ArticleJournal of infection prevention2021
A comparison of the nationally important infection prevention and control documents in NHS England and NHS Scotland.
Article in Journal of infection prevention, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Identifying research priorities for infection prevention and control. A mixed methods study with a convergent design.Journal of infection prevention · 2024Article
- Designing an optimal infection prevention service: Part 2.Journal of infection prevention · 2023Article
- Designing an optimal infection prevention service: Part 1.Journal of infection prevention · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe devolution of health to Scotland in 1999, led for the first time in the NHS, to different priorities and success indicators for infection prevention and control (IPC). This project sought to understand, compare and evaluate the national IPC priorities and available indicators of success.
aimTo identify the national IPC priorities alongside national indicators of success.
methodsCritical analysis of nationally produced documents and publicly available infection-related data up to March 2018.
findingsFor both NHS Scotland and England the local and national IPC priorities are evidenced by: (1) people being cared for in an IPC-safe environment; (2) staff following IPC-safe procedures; and (3) organisations continuously striving not just to attain standards, but to improve on them. If national agencies that produce data were also charged with using a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) model, then there would be further opportunities to detect and improve on successes.
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