“How Can the Patients Remain Safe, If We Are Not Safe and Protected from the Infections”? A Qualitative Exploration among Health-Care Workers about Challenges of Maintaining Hospital Cleanliness in a Resource Limited Tertiary Setting in Rural India

“How Can the Patients Remain Safe, If We Are Not Safe and Protected from the Infections”? A Qualitative Exploration among Health-Care Workers about Challenges of Maintaining Hospital Cleanliness in a Resource Limited Tertiary Setting in Rural India

Background: Health care-associated infections (HAIs) result in treatment delays as well as failures and financial losses not only to patients but also to the treating hospital and overall health-care delivery system. Due to hospital-acquired infections, there are problems of increase in morbidity an...

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Main Authors: Sudhir Chandra Joshi, Vishal Diwan, Rita Joshi, Megha Sharma, Ashish Pathak, Harshada Shah, Ashok J. Tamhankar, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
health care-associated infection
hospital environmental hygiene
infection control
patient safety
hospital personnel
qualitative research
India
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/9/1942

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