Exploring rural patients' understanding of the types, risk factors and measures to prevent healthcare-associated infections in Australia

Jannine Bailey; Tegan Dutton; Catherine Hawke; Jessica Illife; Michelle Kirkby; Suzanne Lovell Smart; Peta O’Brien; Karen Paxton; Ramon Z. Shaban; Linda Thomas; Sandra Wharton

doi:10.1016/j.idh.2020.08.006

Exploring rural patients' understanding of the types, risk factors and measures to prevent healthcare-associated infections in Australia

Jannine Bailey, Tegan Dutton, Catherine Hawke, Jessica Illife, Michelle Kirkby, Suzanne Lovell Smart, Peta O’Brien, Karen Paxton, Ramon Z. Shaban, Linda Thomas, Sandra Wharton

Western Sydney University

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In Australia, there are approximately 165,000 healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) per year. Improving patient knowledge on HAIs and actively involving them in infection prevention is essential. This study assessed patient knowledge on types of and risk factors for HAIs and their perceptions of HAI information provision and hospital infection control practices in rural New South Wales, Australia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-37
Number of pages	7
Journal	Infection, Disease and Health
Volume	26
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2020.08.006
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

infection
infection control
medical care
patients
rural health

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Bailey, J., Dutton, T., Hawke, C., Illife, J., Kirkby, M., Lovell Smart, S., O’Brien, P., Paxton, K., Shaban, R. Z., Thomas, L., & Wharton, S. (2021). Exploring rural patients' understanding of the types, risk factors and measures to prevent healthcare-associated infections in Australia. Infection, Disease and Health, 26(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2020.08.006

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