加纳医疗保健专业人员对医疗器械校准知识和技能的信心:一个横截面分析
Benjamin Appiah Yeboah1, Isaac Acquah1,2, Mawusi Gbemavor-Assonhe1,2
1Biomedical Technologies Lab, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Health services insights
|September 30, 2025
概括
医疗保健专业人员对医疗器械校准的信心因角色和培训而异. 技术人员/工程师更有信心;针对性的培训对于改善加纳的校准实践和患者安全至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 医疗保健质量管理 医疗保健质量管理
- 医疗器械规则 医疗器械规则
背景情况:
- 医疗器械校准对于可靠的诊断,优质的医疗保健和患者安全至关重要.
- 医疗保健专业人员 (HCP) 对校准知识的信心影响了对最佳实践的遵守.
- 在撒哈拉以南非洲地区的医疗保健工作者中,校准知识和信心仍然未被充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 评估加纳医疗保健工作人员对其校准知识和能力的信心水平.
- 检查信心如何因职业角色,培训状态和经验而有所不同.
- 确定影响医疗保健人员对医疗器械校准信心的因素.
主要方法:
- 在加纳的461名医疗保健工作者中进行了一项横截面调查.
- 参与者包括医生,护士,助产士和技术人员/临床工程师.
- 一个结构化的问卷评估了理解,程序,特定于设备的知识,培训和对患者护理的感知影响.
主要成果:
- 信心水平在不同职业,经验和培训状态之间有很大的差异.
- 技术人员/临床工程师报告的信心高于医生,护士和助产士.
- 经过预先校准培训的医疗保健工作人员表现出更高的信心.
结论:
- 需要有针对性的实践校准培训和持续的专业发展,以提高医疗保健工作者的信心和能力.
- 改善校准实践对于有效的医疗器械管理和医疗保健系统性能至关重要.
- 证据支持加纳医疗保健部门的政策改进和校准能力建设.
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