INFECTION CONTROL
a psychosocial approach to changing practice
2009280 pages Paperback
ISBN-10 1 85775 612 6
ISBN-13 9781857756128
Paul Elliott, Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Infection Control, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury
Forewords by Sheila Morgan, Mark Wilcox and Dr Robert C Spencer, Respectively Nurse Consultant in Infection Prevention and Control; Professor of Medical Microbiology
University of Leeds; Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Past Chairman of the Hospital Infection Society (2001–2007)
Description
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.
‘I have deliberately set out to challenge the status quo and to push the frontiers of your thinking in relation to infection control. I have also attempted to provide a text that closes a gap where infection control research, education and practice leaves much to be desired.’
Paul Elliott
Review Quotes 'This is not simply a book about infection control. Paul Elliott's text is a much needed account of the psychosocial principles which explain why health and social care workers do or do not take appropriate infection control measures. Reminds the reader that infection control is an integral part of day-to-day patient care and not an optional extra. The book has given me valuable additional insight into infection prevention and control, and has made me consider some different approaches to my practice as a medical microbiologist dealing with infection prevention and control. I recommend the book as a useful reference text for all health and social care workers and as essential reading for specialists in infection prevention and control.' THE BULLETIN OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS
'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
 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
Bernie Warren Ben Waters Sue Clark Lynn Parker Janet Wiseman
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