Impact on knowledge and practice of a multiregional long-term care facility infection control training program

Daly, Pamela B.; Smith, Philip W.; Rusnak, Patricia G.; Jones, Mary Brewer; Giuliano, Diane

doi:10.1016/s0196-6553(05)80195-6

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“…While the benefits of ICP training are widely assumed, one study analyzed the effects of a 2-day, intensive basic training program on 266 ICPs. 234,235 Trainees not only demonstrated an increase in postcourse knowledge but, at 3-and 12-month follow-up, had a significant increase in implementation of key infection control practices. Practices included performance of surveillance, using infection definitions, calculating infection rates, and giving employees and residents TST and influenza vaccine.…”

Section: Employee Healthmentioning

confidence: 94%

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SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility

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Bradley

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American Journal of Infection Control

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Section: Employee Healthmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…A coordinated, effective educational program will result in improved infection control activities. 235…”

Section: Employee Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility

Smith

Bennett²,

Bradley

et al. 2008

American Journal of Infection Control

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“…This problem has been addressed by the development of regional training programs in some areas. These have been shown to lead to improvements in the knowledge of practitioners and the effectiveness of programs (42). Additional problems in developing and maintaining an effective infection control program include a high turnover of patient care staff, many of whom have a lower level of training that those in acute-care institutions, and the virtual absence of evaluation supporting cost-effectiveness of proposed interventions in the current climate of resource limitation.…”

Section: Administrative Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes

1996

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Infections occur frequently in nursing home residents. The most common infections are pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and skin and soft tissue infection. Aging-associated physiologic and pathologic changes, functional disability, institutionalization, and invasive devices all contribute to the high occurrence of infection. Antimicrobial agent use in nursing homes is intense and usually empiric. All of these factors contribute to the increasing frequency of antimicrobial agent-resistant organisms in nursing homes. Programs that will limit the emergence and impact of antimicrobial resistance and infections in nursing homes need to be developed.

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“…Examples include studies on hand contamination, 20 nosocomial transmission of gastroenteritis to laundry workers, 21 the definition of the importance of ill employees in nursing home outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis, 22 and the potential role of infected body fluids 13 or the environment. 15 There is a great need for studies on the effectiveness of specific infection control interventions, such as education, 23 handwashing, 24 or isolation. 16 Early attempts have been made to examine the overall efficacy of infection control programs in the LTCF 25 ; it would be ideal to have costefficiency data on infection control programs as well.…”

Section: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology May 1999mentioning

confidence: 99%