Personal protective equipment in health care: Can online infection control courses transfer knowledge and improve proper selection and use?

We used observational evaluation to assess the ability of an online learning course to effectively transfer knowledge on personal protective equipment (PPE) selection and removal. During orientations for new hospital staff, 117 participants applied either airborne, droplet, or contact precautions in...

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Autores principales: Hon, Chun-Yip, Gamage, Bruce, Bryce, Elizabeth Ann, LoChang, Justin, Yassi, Annalee, Maultsaid, Deirdre, Yu, Shicheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. 2008
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19084161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2008.07.007
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Sumario:We used observational evaluation to assess the ability of an online learning course to effectively transfer knowledge on personal protective equipment (PPE) selection and removal. During orientations for new hospital staff, 117 participants applied either airborne, droplet, or contact precautions in mock scenarios. Postcourse, all 3 scenarios demonstrated improvement in PPE sequence scores (P = .001); moreover, hand hygiene also was more frequent during both donning and doffing of PPE (P < .001).

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