Vedachalam, Srividya K. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0188-6420
Siromany, Valan A.
VanderEnde, Daniel
Malpiedi, Paul
Vasquez, Amber
Dikid, Tanzin
Walia, Kamini
Mathur, Purva
Article History
Received: 10 August 2024
Accepted: 26 November 2024
First Online: 2 December 2024
Declarations
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: We conducted this study as part of the monitoring and evaluation of a national public health surveillance project titled “Capacity Building and Strengthening of Hospital Infection Control to Detect and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in India”. The project received ethical approval (IEC/NP-386/10.09.2015) from the Institutional Ethics Committee, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, and approval from the Health Ministry Screening Committee (HMSC), India. We obtained permission from the HAI surveillance network’s program coordinators before reaching out to network sites, and study participants provided consent via email for interviews, FGD, and surveys.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.