Improving IPC health literacy through better communication: investigation of the readability of IPC patient information leaflets from several sources

Abstract

The conveyance of scientific information to a non-scientific audience has become increasingly important and popular today, particularly within healthcare and for infection prevention and control (IPC) purposes. IPC teams have now become articulate in the transfer of knowledge and guidance to patient stakeholders, their carers and their families, and IPC professionals act as conduits of such information transfer from the peer-reviewed evidence base to practical IPC guidelines for the lay audience.