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dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, B.G. | - |
dc.contributor.author | White, N. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Farrington, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Page, K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gardner, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Halton, K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Riley, T.V. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gericke, C.A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Paterson, D.L. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Graves, N. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hall, L. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | American Journal of Infection Control, 2018; 46(9):980-985 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0196-6553 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1527-3296 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/120929 | - |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND:The Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) study tested a multimodal cleaning intervention in Australian hospitals. This article reports findings from a pre/post questionnaire, embedded into the REACH study, that was administered prior to the implementation of the intervention and at the conclusion of the study. METHODS:A cross-sectional questionnaire, nested within a stepped-wedge trial, was administered. The REACH intervention was a cleaning bundle comprising 5 interdependent components. The questionnaire explored the knowledge, reported practice, attitudes, roles, and perceived organizational support of environmental services staff members in the hospitals participating in the REACH study. RESULTS:Environmental services staff members in 11 participating hospitals completed 616 pre- and 307 post-test questionnaires (n = 923). Increases in knowledge and practice were seen between the pre-and post-test questionnaires. Minimal changes were observed in attitudes regarding the role of cleaning and in perceived organizational support. CONCLUSION:To our knowledge, this is the first study to report changes in knowledge, attitudes, and perceived organizational support in environmental services staff members, in the context of a large multicenter clinical trial. In this underexplored group of hospital workers, findings suggest that environmental services staff members have a high level of knowledge related to cleaning practices and understand the importance of their role. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Brett G. Mitchell, Nicole White, Alison Farrington, Michelle Allen, Katie Page ... Christian A. Gericke ... et al. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | - |
dc.rights | © 2018 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by ElsevierInc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.02.003 | - |
dc.subject | Cross infection | - |
dc.subject | Environment | - |
dc.subject | Health services | - |
dc.subject | Hospitals | - |
dc.subject | Housekeeping | - |
dc.subject | Infection control | - |
dc.subject | Maintenance | - |
dc.subject | Translational research | - |
dc.title | Changes in knowledge and attitudes of hospital environmental services staff: the Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals (REACH) study | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.02.003 | - |
dc.relation.grant | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1076006 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Gericke, C.A. [0000-0002-7834-0406] | - |
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