Understanding factors that impact on health care professionals' risk perceptions and responses toward Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a structured literature review.

Emma Burnett; Nora Kearney; Bridget Johnston; Joanne Corlett; Stephen MacGillivray

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Understanding factors that impact on health care professionals' risk perceptions and responses toward Clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a structured literature review.

May 10, 2013

Burnett E, Kearney N, Johnston B, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2013;41(5):394-400.

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This systematic review found that health care professionals have a poor technical understanding of Clostridium difficile and the effectiveness of measures to prevent it. Many physicians and nurses did not believe that control is achievable.

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