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Translating infection prevention evidence into practice using quantitative and qualitative research
Sarah L Krein1, Russell N Olmsted, Timothy P Hofer
1Veteran's Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170, USA. Skrein@umich.edu <Skrein@umich.edu>
American Journal of Infection Control
|October 4, 2006
Summary
Infection control professionals can improve patient safety by translating research into practice. Understanding why hospitals adopt or ignore preventive practices is key to reducing health care-associated infections.
Area of Science:
- Applied epidemiology
- Infection control
- Healthcare research
Background:
- Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have been significantly reduced by infection control professionals using applied epidemiology.
- Translating research findings into clinical practice remains a challenge in infection control.
- There is a lack of data on current preventive practices for device-related infections in US hospitals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a research framework for translating evidence-based infection prevention practices into clinical settings.
- To explore barriers and facilitators to the adoption of preventive practices in hospitals.
- To stimulate research into effective strategies for moving research findings to patient care.
Main Methods:
- The study proposes a research framework, not empirical results.
- Focuses on surveillance, benchmarking, intervention, and evaluation methods.
- Emphasizes the need to explore reasons behind current practice adoption or non-adoption.
Main Results:
- No direct results presented as this is a proposal.
- Highlights the gap in knowledge regarding the implementation of preventive practices.
- Suggests a need for further research into translation strategies.
Conclusions:
- Infection control should lead in translating research into practice.
- Understanding practice adoption is crucial for reducing HAIs.
- Further research is needed to bridge the gap between evidence and bedside care.
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