疫情期间预防和控制感染的教育需求:斯里兰卡卫生工作者进行的定性研究
Victoria Haldane1, Niranjala Perera2, Savithiri Ratnapalan3
1Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada.
Infection, disease & health
|March 30, 2025
概括
医疗保健工作者需要针对性的感染预防和控制 (IPC) 培训和资源,以有效管理传染病爆发. 加强培训和可访问材料对于改善所有卫生工作人员的IPC实践至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
- 医疗保健管理的管理
背景情况:
- 在新出现的传染病 (EID) 爆发期间,卫生系统的弹性至关重要.
- 保护卫生工作人员是EID准备工作的关键组成部分.
- 冠状病毒疾病2019 (COVID-19) 大流行突出了强有力的感染预防和控制 (IPC) 措施的必要性.
研究的目的:
- 探索卫生保健工作者 (HCW) 在斯里兰卡COVID-19大流行期间对IPC指南的看法.
- 确定医疗保健工作者对管理EID爆发的培训需求.
- 为低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的HCW制定角色特定的IPC指南.
主要方法:
- 在斯里兰卡卡卢塔拉地区进行了一项定性描述性研究.
- 与各种HCW进行了16次半结构面试,包括医生,护士,公共卫生助产士和支持人员.
- 该研究探讨了HCW在EID爆发管理和IPC方面的经验.
主要成果:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,HCW的工作量大幅增加.
- 虽然提供了一些IPC培训,但遵守情况各不相同,这表明知识和实践存在差距.
- 医疗保健工作者表示,除了正式培训外,他们还需要可访问的资源,如办公桌指南和培训视频.
结论:
- 针对特定需求的IPC教育,包括支持人员,对于改善斯里兰卡的HCW实践至关重要.
- 为所有医疗保健工作者提供全面的IPC教育对于在卫生紧急情况发生之前,期间和之后保持最佳实践至关重要.
- 有效的IPC策略对于保护卫生工作人员和加强卫生系统至关重要.
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