What is needed to sustain improvements in hospital practices post-COVID-19? a qualitative study of interprofessional dissonance in hospital infection prevention and control

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

	Doctors^a (N = 16)		Nurses (N = 10)
Gender M: F	10:6		3:7
Role	Senior executive/ divisional director (MDD)	6	Divisional director/deputy; or facility manager (NDD)	6
	Medical unit/departmental director (MUD)	4	Nursing unit manager (NUM)	2
	Senior medical consultant (SMC)	6	Clinical nurse consultant (CNC)	2
Specialty	Medical 6; surgical 4; other 6^b	16	Medical 5; surgical 3; other 2^c	10

^aStaff specialists (SS), 11; visiting medical officers (VMO). 5
^bOther doctors’ specialties: intensive care, 2; emergency medicine, 2; anesthetics,1; obstetrics/gynecology, 1
^cOther nurses’ specialties: intensive care, 1; infection prevention and control, 1

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