Two peer-reviewed APIC publications in AJIC explore a critical issue for healthcare organizations: What drives IPs to stay or leave their roles? Learn more below.
This publication synthesizes insights from 12 focus groups across four IP populations—Tenured, Transitional, Leaders and Former IPs. The paper identifies six core themes that influence IP retention and attrition:
The major themes and subthemes identified from the focus groups discussing the reasons for attrition and retention in the field of infection prevention.
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This publication presents survey data from over 400 IPs, identifying the organizational, leadership, and job-related factors that have the greatest impact on IP retention including:
Career advancement opportunities within infection prevention
Reasonable workload expectations
Leadership support
Executive staff commitment to infection prevention
