Title
Implementing Strategies to Prevent Infections in Acute-Care Settings
Authoring Organizations
Publication Month/Year
July 11, 2023
Last Updated Month/Year
August 29, 2023
Document Type
Guideline
Country of Publication
US
Document Objectives
This document introduces and explains common implementation concepts and frameworks relevant to healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control and can serve as a stand-alone guide or be paired with the “SHEA/IDSA/APIC Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates,” which contain technical implementation guidance for specific healthcare-associated infections. This Compendium article focuses on broad behavioral and socio-adaptive concepts and suggests ways that infection prevention and control teams, healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists, and specialty groups may utilize them to deliver high-quality care. Implementation concepts, frameworks, and models can help bridge the “knowing-doing” gap, a term used to describe why practices in healthcare may diverge from those recommended according to evidence. It aims to guide the reader to think about implementation and to find resources suited for a specific setting and circumstances by describing strategies for implementation, including determinants and measurement, as well as the conceptual models and frameworks: 4Es, Behavior Change Wheel, CUSP, European and Mixed Methods, Getting to Outcomes, Model for Improvement, RE-AIM, REP, and Theoretical Domains.
Inclusion Criteria
Male, Female, Adult, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Emergency care, Hospital, Operating and recovery room
Intended Users
Epidemiology infection prevention, healthcare business administration, nurse, nurse practitioner, health systems pharmacist, physician, physician assistant
Scope
Management, Prevention
Keywords
infection prevention, healthcare associated infections, HAI, acute care, HAIs
Source Citation
Trivedi, K., Schaffzin, J., Deloney, V., Aureden, K., Carrico, R., Garcia-Houchins, S., . . . Berenholtz, S. (2023). Implementing strategies to prevent infections in acute-care settings. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 1-15. doi:10.1017/ice.2023.103