Identifying barriers and enablers to participation in infection surveillance in Australian residential aged care facilities

• Main Authors: Eliza Watson (Author), Leslie Dowson (Author), David Dunt (Author), Karin Thursky (Author), Leon J. Worth (Author), Janet K. Sluggett (Author), Amanda Appathurai (Author), Noleen Bennett (Author), for the National Infection Surveillance Program in Aged Care (NISPAC) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Infection surveillance is a vital part of infection prevention and control activities for the aged care sector. In Australia there are two currently available infection and antimicrobial use surveillance programs for residential aged care facilities. These programs are not mandat...