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Nurses' working conditions: implications for infectious disease.

Patricia W Stone·Sean P Clarke·Jeannie Cimiotti·Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo
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Staffing patterns and nurses' working conditions are risk factors for healthcare-associated infections as well as occupational injuries and infections. Staffing shortages, especially of nurses, have been identified as one of the major factors expected to constrain hospitals' ability to deal with future outbreaks of emerging infections. These problems are compounded by a global nursing shortage. Understanding and improving nurses' working conditions can potentially decrease the incidence of many infectious diseases. Relevant research is reviewed, and policy options are discussed.

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Communicable DiseasesCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksHumansInfection ControlNursesOccupational DiseasesPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingRisk FactorsJournal ArticleResearch Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.Review

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Patricia W Stone, Sean P Clarke, Jeannie Cimiotti, Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo. 2004. Nurses' working conditions: implications for infectious disease.. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1011.040253

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