Table 2 Search Strategy: CINAHL

1. knowledge, attitude and practice

2. attitudes or perceptions or opinions or thoughts or feelings or beliefs

3. practice

4. risk perception or perceived risk

5. adherence or compliance

6. implementation

7. 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6

8. infection control or infection prevention or infection control and prevention

9. Laboratory safety

10. 8 OR 9

11. 7 AND 10

12. Laboratory personnel

13. healthcare professionals

14. 12 OR 13

15. 11 AND 14

16. hospital or acute setting or inpatient or ward

17. 15 AND 16

18. qualitative research or qualitative study or qualitative methods or interview

19. quantitative research or quantitative study or quantitative

20. mixed methods or ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’

21. 18 OR 19 OR 20

22. 17 AND 21