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Will the COVID-19 pandemic transform infection prevention and control in surgery? Seeking leverage points for organizational learning
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Toccafondi, Giulio, Di Marzo, Francesco, Sartelli, Massimo, Sujan, Mark-Alexander, Smyth, Molly, Bowie, Paul, Cardi, Martina and Cardi, Maurizio (2021) Will the COVID-19 pandemic transform infection prevention and control in surgery? Seeking leverage points for organizational learning. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33 (S1). pp. 51-55. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzaa137
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzaa137
Abstract
Background:
In response to the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare systems worldwide have stepped up their infection prevention and control efforts in order to reduce the spread of the infection. Behaviours, such as hand hygiene, screening and cohorting of patients, and the appropriate use of antibiotics have long been recommended in surgery, but their implementation has often been patchy.
Methods:
The current crisis presents an opportunity to learn about how to improve infection prevention and control and surveillance (IPCS) behaviours. The improvements made were mainly informal, quick and stemming from the frontline rather than originating from formal organizational structures.
The adaptations made and the expertise acquired have the potential for triggering deeper learning and to create enduring improvements in the routine identification and management of infections relating to surgery.
Results:
This paper aims to illustrate how adopting a human factors and ergonomics perspective can provide insights into how clinical work systems have been adapted and reconfigured in order to keep patients and staff safe.
Conclusion:
For achieving sustainable change in IPCS practices in surgery during COVID-19 and beyond we need to enhance organizational learning potentials.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RD Surgery |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 (Disease) , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Prevention, Cross infection -- Prevention, Surgery -- Safety measures, Organizational learning | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal for Quality in Health Care | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1353-4505 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 January 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 33 | ||||||||
| Number: | S1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 51-55 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa137 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
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