Infection control link nurse programs in Dutch acute care hospitals; a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infection control link nurse programs show considerable variation. We report how Dutch link nurse programs are organized, how they progress, and how contextual factors may play a role in the execution of these programs.

Methods

This mixed-methods study combined a survey and semi-structured interviews with infection control practitioners, based on items of the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist.

Results

The Netherlands has 74 hospitals; 72 infection control practitioners from 72 different hospitals participated in the survey. Four of these infection control practitioners participated in interviews. A link nurse program was present in 67% of the hospitals; responsibility for 76% of these programs lied solely with the infe

SUBMITTER: Dekker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047353 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature