Table 5.
Infection prevention and control staff training and monitoring by urban/rural location, weighted estimates.
| % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Urban | Rural | p-value | |
| Training Modality* | ||||
| Face-to-face training (in-services, skills fairs) | 91.1 | 91.4 | 89.8 | 0.56 |
| Computer-based training tools (e.g. online education, DVDs, videos) | 65.3 | 62.8 | 79.8 | <0.001 |
| Knowledge assessment | 56.8 | 58.1 | 49.1 | 0.045 |
| Shadowing in the field | 56.6 | 57.4 | 52.3 | 0.26 |
| Training Frequency* | ||||
| At new employee orientation | 61.0 | 60.3 | 64.9 | 0.30 |
| Annually or biannually | 64.1 | 62.9 | 70.9 | 0.06 |
| Quarterly | 23.8 | 24.4 | 20.4 | 0.29 |
| Monthly or more frequently | 13.6 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 0.62 |
| When an infection control issues/outbreak arises | 47.4 | 46.9 | 50.2 | 0.46 |
| Training Topics* | ||||
| Hand hygiene | 89.7 | 90.1 | 87.7 | 0.41 |
| Practices appropriate to the patient | 77.1 | 76.2 | 82.2 | 0.11 |
| Signs and symptoms of infections | 73.4 | 74.2 | 69.3 | 0.22 |
| Transmission precautions | 67.5 | 66.5 | 72.7 | 0.14 |
| Environmental cleaning | 51.4 | 50.5 | 57.0 | 0.15 |
| No IPC topics covered | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.53 |
| Method of Measuring Adherence to IPC Policies* | ||||
| General competency testing/assessment/demonstration | 30.9 | 31.2 | 28.7 | 0.57 |
| Supervisory visits (un/announced) & evaluations | 26.8 | 28.0 | 19.6 | 0.045 |
| Shadowing/observation/tracer | 25.1 | 23.4 | 35.4 | 0.006 |
| Monitoring of infections through data via chart audits/logs/forms | 17.0 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 0.66 |
| Skills fairs | 4.6 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 0.18 |
| Hand hygiene monitoring tool/audits | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 0.22 |
| Patient surveys/calls | 3.3 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 0.041 |
| Training/observation upon hire | 2.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | <0.001 |
| Bag technique audits | 1.9 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 0.09 |
| Other procedure | 35.8 | 35.3 | 39.0 | 0.43 |
| Agency Measures Adherence to Hand Hygiene Policies | 81.7 | 81.3 | 83.8 | 0.48 |
| Method of Monitoring Adherence to Hand Hygiene Policies* | ||||
| Shadowing in the field | 83.7 | 83.2 | 86.4 | 0.39 |
| Knowledge assessment | 75.0 | 76.2 | 68.7 | 0.09 |
| Other procedure | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 1.00 |
IPC, infection prevention and control. All data shown are weighted.% are column percentages. p-values are significant at α < 0.05. Totals varied due to missing data or skip patterns.
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Column totals may not add to 100% since response choices were select all that apply.