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The final two themes highlight how nurses actively constructed new physical, emotional and symbolic boundaries between work and home in response to the perceived risks of viral transmission.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prior to vaccination, nurses created their own infection control rituals at home to shield their families, revealing how professional knowledge spilled into domestic life, becoming an extension to nurses' work. These critical boundary practices often remained unseen but are vital to frontline nursing labour work during an infection\u2010control crisis. 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