Impact of a quality improvement project to strengthen infection prevention and control training at rural healthcare facilities
| dc.contributor.author | Dramowski, Angela | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Marais, Frederick | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Goliath, C. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Mehtar, Shaheen | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-08T07:54:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-08T07:54:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Dramowski, A., et al. 2015. Impact of a quality improvement project to strengthen infection prevention and control training at rural healthcare facilities. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 7(1):73-75, doi:10.7196/AJHPE.499 | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.ajhpe.org.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: South Africa (SA) has a dire shortage of skilled infection prevention and control (IPC) practitioners with limited opportunities for IPC training, especially in rural areas. Methods: This quality improvement research-based case study surveyed healthcare workers’ IPC training needs and measured the impact of a targeted IPC training intervention at four healthcare facilities in a rural sub-district in the Western Cape Province of SA. Transfer and implementation of IPC knowledge and best practice were evaluated at the participating facilities, both pre and post intervention. Results: Most survey respondents (239/271; 88.2%) practised in rural districts and reportedly received infrequent (either annual or no) in-service training in IPC (138/271; 51%). The IPC education intervention (five short courses) was attended by almost one-third of clinical staff (129/422; 30.6%) at the four rural healthcare facilities. The pre-intervention IPC assessment identified the following: poor knowledge and implementation of tuberculosis-IPC measures; limited knowledge of medical device decontamination; high rates of needle-stick injuries; low hand-hygiene compliance rates and poor compliance with personal protective equipment use. At the post-intervention assessment, IPC knowledge scores and hand-hygiene compliance rates improved significantly but some IPC practices were unchanged. Conclusion: A structured IPC training programme in rural healthcare facilities can improve healthcare workers’ IPC knowledge, but has limited impact on clinical practice. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.ajhpe.org.za/index.php/ajhpe/search/search | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 3 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dramowski, A., et al. 2015. Impact of a quality improvement project to strengthen infection prevention and control training at rural healthcare facilities. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 7(1):73-75, doi:10.7196/AJHPE.499 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5127 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5127 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.7196/AJHPE.499 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/99821 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | |
| dc.rights.holder | African Journal of Health Professions Education | |
| dc.subject | Infection prevention and control training | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Infection -- Prevention | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Medical personnel -- Training of -- South Africa -- Western Cape | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Impact of a quality improvement project to strengthen infection prevention and control training at rural healthcare facilities | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |