Barriers and facilitators to infection prevention and control in Dutch psychiatric institutions: a theory-informed qualitative study

Table 1 Barriers and facilitators to IPC implementation, perceived by professionals working at psychiatric institutions (n = 16), depicted per level of the integrated theoretical framework (see Fig. 1), and categorised by corresponding theme

^a Although guidelines are accessible, and known, its application depends on human action and professional factors
^b No barriers were reported for the domain ‘patient interaction’
IPC infection prevention and control
Note. Concepts in italics are the themes which categorised the perceived barriers and facilitators

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