Clack, Lauren https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5162-5188
Willi, Ursina
Berenholtz, Sean
Aiken, Alexander M.
Allegranzi, Benedetta
Sax, Hugo
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Health Organization
US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (32003B-122324)
Article History
Received: 10 January 2019
Accepted: 13 May 2019
First Online: 30 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Participation was voluntary and participants were free to withdraw from the interview at any time. All interviewees provided written informed consent. This qualitative study was considered by the WHO Ethics Review Committee (ERC) as exempted from ERC review. The SUSP intervention was approved by ERC (RPC632, WHO HQ ERC) and the institutional ethics committees of all five participating hospitals.
: All study participants provided consent to publish this research.
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