在赞比亚的本科药学学生中对感染预防和控制的知识,态度和实践:发现和影响
Steward Mudenda1,2, Joseph Chizimu2, Billy Chabalenge3
1Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE
|September 29, 2023
概括
赞比亚的药学学生在感染预防和控制 (IPC) 方面表现出强大的知识和实践. 然而,需要进一步强调,以提高他们对IPC措施的态度,以改善医疗保健安全.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健教育 医疗保健教育
- 药房实践 在药房实践中
- 预防和控制感染的预防和控制.
背景情况:
- 感染预防和控制 (IPC) 措施在医疗保健环境中至关重要,以减轻医院感染.
- 有限的数据存在IPC知识,态度和实践在赞比亚的药学学生,谁是暴露于传染性环境.
- 这项研究解决了赞比亚大学本科药学学生对IPC的知识差距.
研究的目的:
- 评估本科药学学生关于感染预防和控制 (IPC) 措施的知识,态度和实践.
- 在赞比亚的药房计划中确定IPC教育和培训的潜在改进领域.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项横截面研究,涉及赞比亚大学的290名本科药学学生.
- 数据是在2022年8月至10月期间使用结构化问卷收集的.
- 使用SPSS 25.0版本进行统计分析,保证值为95%.
主要成果:
- 高比例的学生表现出对IPC的良好知识 (86.9%) 和良好实践 (85.5%).
- 在57.6%的参与者中观察到对IPC的积极态度,这表明与知识和实践相比存在相对差距.
- 好的IPC知识与成为基督徒有显著的关联 (OR = 5.314).
结论:
- 药学学生通常具有良好的知识,态度和实践,有关IPC.
- 需要有针对性的干预措施,以进一步改善态度,并解决IPC知识和实践中发现的差距.
- 建议在药房培训计划中加强IPC课程,以加强未来医疗保健专业人员的准备.
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