Managing norovirus outbreaks: opportunities for organisational learning
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Managing norovirus outbreaks: opportunities for organisational learning
Methods A retrospective qualitative content analysis of a Norovirus outbreak was undertaken, using critical incident analysis as the basis for conducting semi-structured interviews with 24 key clinical and managerial participants. Behavioural references were mapped to a behavioural framework (Weick and Sutcliffe, 2007) that describes positive behaviours, known as ‘mindful behaviours’ and negati...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Proceedings
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-p99