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Table 6 Problems and solutions identified through the VRE methodology

From: Healthcare workers’ perspectives on healthcare-associated infections and infection control practices: a video-reflexive ethnography study in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia

Problems

Solutions

A lapse in handwashing technique

Educate HCW through videos demonstrating correct and incorrect techniques and infection control practices

Issuance of memos and warnings from the higher authority to the HCWs who do not follow the infection control protocols

Lack of proper usage of PPE.

Make it mandatory for all nurses to wear a surgical mask over the face cover (if worn) during procedures

Crossover of non-sterile items into the sterile zone

Have an observer from the infection control unit oversee the sterile procedures performed during intensive care unit setup

  1. H.C.W.: healthcare worker; PPE: personal protective equipment