Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the factors influencing the
implementation of the infection prevention and control measures at a public hospital in
Gauteng in order to develop strategies that will facilitate the implementation of such
measures.
A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used to
explore and describe the factors that influence the implementation of infection
prevention and control measures at the hospital. Two focused group of professional
nurses were done and 2 semi structured individual interviews with operational
managers were conducted.
A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked
about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes towards a service, concept or an
idea. Questions were asked in an interactive group setting where participants were free
to talk with other group members while on same time are answering the researcher
question. The participants were in groups of 8 per session that lasted about 45 minutes.
A semi-structured individual interview is defined as an open interview, allowing new
ideas to be brought up during the interview as a result of what the participants say from
the open ended question raised to them. The operational managers were individually
interviewed on separate occasions for about 45 minutes until data was saturated.
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