Medical students' knowledge of infection control and prevention: Factors associated with better results and room for improvement

Legeay, Clément; Thepot-Seegers, Valérie; Groh, Matthieu; Pilmis, Benoît; Zahar, Jean‐Ralph

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.045

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“…They found that students in final study years were associated with better scores. 8 These results are according to our results: there was a positive association between academic year and knowledge in ICPs. Another study reported that knowledge in this area decreases as the time since undergraduate training increases.…”

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Knowledge, source of information, and perception of Portuguese medical students and junior doctors of infection control precautions

Peres

Severo

Ferreira

2016

American Journal of Infection Control

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Medical education should include infection control precautions (ICPs). Portuguese medical students showed reasonable knowledge in ICPs; however, contact isolation and glove and mask use should be reinforced. Only 25% referred to the curriculum as the most important information source. There was a positive association between academic year (P = .032), previous training in ICPs (P = .016), and knowledge. Main strategies proposed to acquire competences in ICPs were bedside teaching (26.9%) and curriculum and bedside teaching (20.2%).

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confidence: 85%

Knowledge, source of information, and perception of Portuguese medical students and junior doctors of infection control precautions

Peres

Severo

Ferreira

2016

American Journal of Infection Control

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“…Less than half (45.52%) of students successfully analyzed Case V, HCAI. In studies of knowledge levels of medical, nursing, and midwifery students about prevention and control of infection, the authors concluded that students' knowledge levels were inadequate, and recommended different training programs such as simulation (Ghalya & Ibrahim, 2014;Legeay et al, 2015;Ojulong et al, 2013).…”

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Student Nurses ‘Assessment of Medical Errors

Akbıyık¹,

Sarı²,

TAŞKIRAN³

2021

Creative Nursing

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PurposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of nursing students' assessment of cases of medical error.MethodThis descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 145 nursing students in İzmir, Turkey. The epidemiology of the medical errors that the students witnessed during clinical practice was examined. Then, the success of the students in using the Text-Based Medical Error cases tool developed by the researchers was examined.ResultsOf the students, 24.1% had witnessed medical errors during clinical practice. The percentage of students successfully analyzing cases of medical errors related to patient identification, falling, medication administration, blood transfusions, health-care-associated infections, and pressure ulcers were 51.72%, 7.59%, 17.24%, 8.28%, 45.52%, and 56.55%, respectively.ConclusionThe students' ability to evaluate cases of medical error needs improvement.

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“…Furthermore, a study from the United Kingdom found that half the students thought that there was not enough emphasis on infection control in their curriculum [27]. These ndings highlight the disadvantage of one-time training which does not increase [24] or improve medical student knowledge in the long term [28], [29]. Once missed, it cannot be rescheduled and students resort to learning from their peers.…”

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Knowledge-Practice Gap Regarding Surgical Scrubs Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Shahzad

Fraz²,

Siddiqui³

et al. 2021

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Background: Medical students are involved in various aspects of patient care. Their lack of knowledge regarding infection control can compromise the safety of the patients. In this study, we describe the current knowledge and practice of medical students regarding surgical scrubs.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among medical students using a self-administered questionnaire. The questions were based on the American Association of Surgical Technologists Standards of Practice for Surgical Attire, Surgical Scrub, Hand Hygiene, and Handwashing.Results: Most students correctly identified the components of surgical scrubs including scrub suit (95.5%), shoe covers (95.4%), headcover (94.9%), and masks (93.9%). 82.7% of students were aware of the policy of wearing surgical scrubs off-campus, 78.7% knew the correct method of using the protective over gowns, only 52.8% knew permissible areas for wearing surgical scrubs. Students’ adequate knowledge did not translate into their practices. 57.1% of the students reported not having received any formal education on scrub use. Inconvenience (66.9%), was cited as the most common cause of scrub re-use and unsafe practices.Conclusions: Medical students have sufficient knowledge regarding surgical scrubs which does not translate into their practices. The majority of the students report as not having received any formal training regarding surgical scrub guidelines. Improving medical student surgical scrub practices may help reduce the burden of HAIs in developing countries.

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Medical students' knowledge of infection control and prevention: Factors associated with better results and room for improvement

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Knowledge, source of information, and perception of Portuguese medical students and junior doctors of infection control precautions

Knowledge, source of information, and perception of Portuguese medical students and junior doctors of infection control precautions

Student Nurses ‘Assessment of Medical Errors

Knowledge-Practice Gap Regarding Surgical Scrubs Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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