Health care worker perspectives of their motivation to reduce health care–associated infections.

Laura McClung; Chidi Obasi; Mary Jo Knobloch; Nasia Safdar

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Health care worker perspectives of their motivation to reduce health care–associated infections.

September 6, 2017

McClung L, Obasi C, Knobloch MJ, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2017;45(10):1064-1068.

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Preventing health care–associated infections is a patient safety priority. This interview study found that health care workers are highly motivated to prevent health care–associated infections to foster patient safety, and they believe leadership support and performance feedback are important to infection prevention efforts.

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