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What’s Trending in Infection Control? Scoping and Narrative Reviews

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2017

Brett G. Mitchell ,
Dayna Petrie ,
Lindsay Morton  and
Stephanie J. Dancer
Brett G. Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Arts, Nursing and Theology, Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
Dayna Petrie
Affiliation:
Faculty of Arts, Nursing and Theology, Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Morton
Affiliation:
Faculty of Arts, Nursing and Theology, Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
Stephanie J. Dancer
Affiliation:
National Health Services, Lanarkshire, Scotland Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
*
Address correspondence to Professor Brett Mitchell, Avondale College, 185 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, NSW, Australia ([email protected]).
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To explore the trends in infection control peer-reviewed journals, mainstream media, and blogs written by infection control professionals

DESIGN

Narrative and scoping reviews

METHODS

Narrative and scoping reviews were performed to identify trending infection prevention and control topics from international journals, national news websites, newspapers, and so-called grey literature throughout 2015. Data were analyzed using word frequencies, and results are displayed in word clouds.

RESULTS

For 2015, our search identified 6 news websites with a total of published 116 articles, 71 articles from selected newspapers, and 214 publications from infection control websites. In total, 1,059 journal articles were initially identified; 98 articles were anonymous and thus were excluded, leaving 961 articles in the reviews. The terms ‘superbug’ and ‘antibiotics’ were most commonly used in titles of news websites and newspapers, whereas the terms ‘infection’ and ‘prevention’ were most commonly used in infection control websites or blogs. The word frequency differences among the 4 selected journals reflected their respective specialties.

CONCLUSION

In infection prevention and control, the integration of a range of mediums is necessary to best serve public interests. Whether the aim is advocacy, general health information dissemination, or warnings of imminent risk, health researchers have access to multiple forums with different strengths through which to influence public risk perceptions and responses.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1098–1102

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 9 , September 2017 , pp. 1098 - 1102
Copyright
© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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