Infection prevention and control knowledge, attitudes, and practices among home health care patients and their family caregivers: Findings from a multisite survey
Interventions should enhance IPC knowledge, particularly proper handwashing, and emphasizing infection prevention importance to improve adherence among HHC patients and caregivers, especially older populations.
Authors
- Judith Brasch
- Sasha Vergez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4733-7180)
- Ashley M. Chastain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9642-9749)
- Nicole Onorato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0466-6147)
- Jinjiao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5629-8497)
- Zidu Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6122-8426)
- Mary McGoldrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6484-8591)
- U. G. E. Perera
- David Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-0821)
- Margaret V. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1045-0956)
- Evette Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3131-7879)
- Jingjing Shang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1815-5556)
Institutions
- VNS Health (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System (US)
- Naples Anesthesia & Physician Associates (US)
- Appalachian State University (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Infection Control
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2025.11.025
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality