Infection Control

A Psychosocial Approach to Changing Practice

Paul Elliott, Samuel Rowlands, Yvonne Carter , Paul Elliott

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Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
25 February 2009

Hygiene; Hospital infections

Infection control is fundamental to delivering effective health and social care at all levels. However health and social care professionals' actual behaviour can sometimes seem intractable to the most rigorous training and promotion of safe practice - including even basic hygiene precautions. Many have identified this problem but few have addressed why it occurs and how practices can lastingly be changed. This book reaches beyond a prescriptive approach to infection control behaviour examining the psychosocial forces that affect individual and group behaviours in practice. It gives a strong theoretical framework for practitioners supervisors and managers to reflect upon and challenge behaviour before providing practical advice on how to create supervise and promote genuinely consistent safe practice. This book aims to challenge fundamentally the way health and social care professionals supervisors and managers approach infection control and hygiene - and in doing so to dramatically improve the health and safety of their patients clients colleagues and the public.

By: Samuel Rowlands, Yvonne Carter
Edited by: Paul Elliott, Paul Elliott
Imprint: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st New edition
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781857756128
ISBN 10: 1857756126
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 25 February 2009
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Replaced By: 9780367252861
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Section 1: Outlining the major issues - The nature of infect control. Perspectives from the clinical setting. Legal issues. Biomedical vs biopsychosocial perspectives. Psychosocial theories and approaches in perspective. The interrelated nature of a psychosocial approach. Section 2: Towards achieving consistent safe practice - The complexities of behaviour change. Clown doctors. Reflection as a facilitator of safe practice. Clinical supervision as a facilitator of safe practice. Facilitating safe practice through education. Challenging the status quo. Raising public awareness: failure to inform, failure to protect and health inequalities.

Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Infection Control, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury

Reviews for Infection Control: A Psychosocial Approach to Changing Practice

a refreshing re-examination of infection control and why effective prevention and control measures are not implemented. - This book provides a useful understanding of the psychosocial issues affecting the delivery of care and forms a good basis for considering the science of infection control implementation. I recommend it to all nurses involved in care delivery. Nursing Standard