Group | Criteria |
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All participants | Provide oral informed consent |
Speak and understand English | |
Group 1: Healthy patients | Have not had a resistant or hospital-acquired infection |
Do not have a chronic illness that places them at risk for frequent hospitalisations and resulting hospital-acquired infection | |
Group 2: Recovered patients | Have recovered from a resistant or hospital-acquired infection |
Do not have a chronic illness that places them at risk for frequent hospitalisations and resulting hospital-acquired infection | |
Group 3: At-risk patients | Have a chronic illness that puts them at risk for frequent hospitalisations and resulting hospital-acquired infections |
May or may not have had a resistant or hospital-acquired infection | |
Group 4: Caregivers | Caregivers for groups 2 and 3* |
*‘Caregiver’ denotes family/friend/other caregiver, as distinct from a healthcare professional (or ‘provider’).