Joona Räsänen
ICU triage decisions and biases about time and identity
Bioethics
meaningful research creates evidence infection prevention control ipc practice establish infection prevention society ips members research priorities support future research projects mixed methods convergent parallel design incorporating crosssectional survey ips members 20222023 focus group findings ips consultative committee october 2022 quantitative data analysed using descriptive statistics qualitative data transcribed verbatim entered nvivo 12 analysed using thematic analysis approach 132 ips members responded survey including 120 909 nurses three prevalent priorities quality improvement patient safety n 84 161 ipc training education n 77 148 ipc evidencebased guidelines n 76 146 analysis focus group transcripts identified six emergent themes patient centred care training education ipc role identity ipc leadership ipc everyones responsibility research activity triangulation findings demonstrated concordance quantitative qualitative findings quality improvement patient safety qips training education identified priority research areas study highlights necessity developing support systems incorporating research priorities qips well training education findings study align recommended core competencies components effective infection prevention control programs making relevant qips initiatives outcomes study serve valuable resource guide ips research development committee delivering practical support ips members