Infection prevention and control: Marrying practice, policies and procedures through education…

Abstract

Integrating infection prevention and control practice, policies and procedures might sounds relatively easy to do, doesn’t it? After all, these subjects are as closely related as the proverbial triplets “Copy”, “Paste” and “Print”… Sadly, this fact may be one reason why integration is a such problem in some hospitals. What works with no effort on paper may be nearly impossible to implement in clinical practice. The knowledge staff gather during formal or semi-formal lectures may not ever be applied in practice, because the theory and practice are so far removed from one another.