Quantitative assessment of organizational culture within hospitals and its relevance to infection prevention and control strategies

• Verfasst von: Borg, Michael A. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Waisfisz, Bob [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Frank, Uwe [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Quantitative assessment of organizational culture within hospitals and its relevance to infection prevention and control strategies
• Verf.angabe: M.A. Borg, B. Waisfisz, U. Frank
• Umfang: 3 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 06.07.2017
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The journal of hospital infection
• Jahr Quelle: 2015
• Band/Heft Quelle: 90(2015), 1, S. 75-77
• ISSN Quelle: 1532-2939
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2014.12.015
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1560539178

Abstract

It has been suggested that organizational culture (OC) is an important driver of infection prevention and control (IPC) behaviour among healthcare workers. This study examined OC in seven European hospitals using a validated assessment tool based on Hofstede's model, and identified significant variations in OC scores. Hospitals with low prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) exhibited high scores for change facilitation and change readiness, whereas hospitals with high prevalence of MRSA exhibited low scores for these determinants. It is possible to use tools, available outside health care, to study OC within hospitals and gain better insight into IPC behaviour change strategies.