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Improvement in Infection Prevention and Control Compliance at the Three Tertiary Hospitals of Sierra Leone following an Operational Research Study

Implementing infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) eight core components has been challenging in Sierra Leone. In 2021, a baseline study found that IPC compliance in three tertiary hospitals was sub-optimal. We aimed to measure the chang...

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Autores principales:	Kamara, Rugiatu Z., Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn, Moses, Francis, Kanu, Joseph Sam, Kallon, Christiana, Kabba, Mustapha, Moffett, Daphne B., Fofanah, Bobson Derrick, Margao, Senesie, Kamara, Matilda N., Moiwo, Matilda Mattu, Kpagoi, Satta S. T. K., Tweya, Hannock M., Kumar, Ajay M. V., Terry, Robert F.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2023
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10385074/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37505674 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8070378

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