@article{Carey_N-2020_56790,
title = {Exploring views and experiences of how infections are detected and managed in practice by nurses, care workers and manager's in nursing homes in England and Sweden: a survey protocol},
author = {Carey, N. and Alkhamees, N. and Cox, A. and Sund-Levander, M. and Tingström, P. and Mold, F.},
month = {oct},
year = {2020},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In order to avoid unnecessary hospital admission and associated complications, there is an urgent need to improve the early detection of infection in nursing home residents. Monitoring signs and symptoms with checklists or aids called decision support tools may help nursing home staff to detect infection in residents, particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic.We plan to conduct a survey exploring views and experiences of how infections are detected and managed in practice by nurses, care workers and managers in nursing homes in England and Sweden.},
volume = {10},
issue = {10},
journal = {BMJ Open},
publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038390},
}
