The research questions are:RQ1. To what extent did IT expenditures improve infection control performance through aneffect on labor?RQ2. Where did IT make the most impact in the improvement of infection controlperformance through labor (in terms of the category of staff that improved the most after ITexpenditures)?RQ3. To what extent did IT expenditures impact infection control performance directly (notfocusing on the indirect effect on labor)?Some hypotheses include:For RQ1:H10: There is no indirect effect of IT expenditures on infection control performance throughlabor.H2A. IT indirectly improves infection control performance by making labor more productiveto the tune of a 10% – 30% increase in labor productivity.For RQ2:H30: There is no statistically significant difference in the increase in labor productivity of thethree staff categories (nurses, sterilization staff, and housekeeping/environmental cleaningstaff) brought about by IT expenditures.
