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Keeping It Real: Infection Prevention and Control Problems and Solutions in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Infection prevention challenges are ubiquitous in healthcare, but some are unique to or more prevalent in low-and middle-income country settings. Despite limited resources, innovative and committed paediatric healthcare providers and infection preventionists have found creative solutions to address the very real and pressing risks their patients face every day. We gathered examples of infection prevention and control challenges faced by clinicians in resource-limited healthcare facilities, and the real-world infection prevention and control solutions they implemented, with the goal of learning broader lessons applicable to low-and middle-income countrie.

Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003319

Authors: Angela Dramowski, Adrie Bekker, Suvaporn Anugulruengkitt, One Bayani, Fernanda Martins Gonçalves, Mulugeta Naizgi, Aline Magnino, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Fernanda Salle, André Ricardo Araujo da Silva, Elizabeth Molyneux, Jonathan Strysko, Cristina Vieira, Susan Coffin

Institutions: Tygerberg Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, University of Botswana, Mekelle University, Universidade Federal Fluminense, University of Malawi

Language: English

Topic: Infection Control in Healthcare

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Fogarty International Center

Award: Developing a care bundle for neonatal sepsis prevention in low-resource settings

OpenAlex ID: W4210839880

FWCI: 1.128

Cites: 11

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10