Table 2 Topics Explored During Focus Group Interviews

Perceptions of working within the health board and at the hospital sites.

Staff education and training.

Learning and effecting change.

Understandings of infection prevention and patient safety.

Responsibilities for infection prevention at organisational and hospital ward levels.

Responsibilities and accountability for priority given to patient safety at organisational and hospital ward levels.

Challenges and support involved in providing effective infection prevention practices in terms of delivering quality of care.

Management and worker relations.

Leadership

Communication.

Collaborative working and team working.

Understandings of infection prevention ownership and patient safety culture, and what this means for the work focus group interviewees perform.