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Infection prevention and control (IPC) implementation in low-resource settings: a qualitative analysis by Tomczyk, Sara (author);Storr, Julie (author);Kilpatrick, Claire (author);Allegranzi, Benedetta (author) is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has again demonstrated the critical role of effective infection prevention and control (IPC) implementation to combat infectious disease threats. Standards such as the World Health Organization (WHO) IPC minimum requirements offer a basis, but robust evidence on effective IPC implementation strategies in low-resource settings remains limited. We aimed to qualitatively assess IPC implementation themes in these settings. ## Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with IPC experts from low-resource settings, guided by a standardised questionnaire. Applying a qualitative inductive thematic analysis, IPC implementation examples from interview transcripts were coded, collated into sub-themes, grouped again into broad themes, and finally reviewed to ensure validity. Sub-themes appearing ≥ 3 times in data were highlighted as frequent IPC implementation themes and all findings were summarised descriptively. ## Results Interviews were conducted with IPC experts from 29 countries in six WHO regions. Frequent IPC implementation themes including the related critical actions to achieve the WHO IPC core components included:
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- Author
- Tomczyk, Sara (author);Storr, Julie (author);Kilpatrick, Claire (author);Allegranzi, Benedetta (author)
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)