{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["24(1)"],"submitter":["Lau LHW"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>As an emerging infectious disease with a heterogenous and uncertain transmission pattern, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a catastrophe in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and posed a significant challenge to infection control practices (ICPs) in healthcare settings. While the unique characteristics of psychiatric patients and clinical settings may make the implementation of ICPs difficult, evidence is lacking for compliance with ICPs among healthcare workers (HCWs) in a psychiatric setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional multi-method study based on participant unobtrusive observation coupled with the completion of a self-administered ICP survey was conducted to assess compliance with ICPs among HCWs in a psychiatric "],"journal":["BMC infectious diseases"],"pagination":["592"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11181547"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Compliance of healthcare workers in a psychiatric inpatient ward to infection control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a participant observation study supplemented with a self-reported survey."],"pmcid":["PMC11181547"],"pubmed_authors":["Lam SC","Siu MMY","Lau LHW","Tang TSK","Suen LKP","Lam QSK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Compliance of healthcare workers in a psychiatric inpatient ward to infection control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a participant observation study supplemented with a self-reported survey.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>As an emerging infectious disease with a heterogenous and uncertain transmission pattern, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a catastrophe in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and posed a significant challenge to infection control practices (ICPs) in healthcare settings. While the unique characteristics of psychiatric patients and clinical settings may make the implementation of ICPs difficult, evidence is lacking for compliance with ICPs among healthcare workers (HCWs) in a psychiatric setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional multi-method study based on participant unobtrusive observation coupled with the completion of a self-administered ICP survey was conducted to assess compliance with ICPs among HCWs in a psychiatric ","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jun","modification":"2026-03-31T10:55:47.967Z","creation":"2025-08-30T03:06:01.361Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11181547","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38886634"],"doi":["10.1186/s12879-024-09429-3"]}}