Effects of Basic Infection Control Skills License on Knowledge and Practice of Health Care Workers

NCT02856529 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: SBCMM001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 66
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Considering the importance of infection control practices, Madinah Public Health Department launched a new license program for healthcare workers, the Basic Infection Control Skills License program (BICSL). BICSL has been launched to train healthcare workers all over the region in a scientific standardized way. To assess BICSL effectiveness, a non-randomized control study will be conducted in two of the general hospitals in Madinah. An electronic bilingual self-administrated valid and reliable questionnaire will be used to evaluate the workers knowledge and practices before and after three and six months of the intervention. The knowledge and practice answers were scored and the scores were categorized to facilitate the comparison. A BICSL certified trainer will be conducting the intervention, a one to one training session. A SPSS program will be used to analyze the data. Administrative and ethical approval was obtained from Madinah health authority. The participants will complete an electronic consent before they fill the questionnaire. Confidentiality and privacy as well as freedom to participate or not will be insured to all participants. This study will assess the license effectiveness in improve knowledge and compliance.

Conditions

Infection Control Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Self administered knowledge

  will be measured by questionnaire

  3 months

• Self administered practice

  will be measured by questionnaire

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Self administered knowledge

  3 months

• Self administred practices

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

A BICSL certified trainer conduct the intervention. It includes hand on training session standardized in a scientific way. The participants trained on hand hygiene and use of PPE. Also, it includes meningitis and influenza vaccination as well as fit test to verify the correctly fitting of the respirator.

Other: Training

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A general session about the basic of infection control was conducted for this group. The lecture performed in the same way of the regular training fulfill.

Other: General session

Interventions

Training OTHER

The Basic Infection Control Skills License program (BICSL) includes meningitis and influenza vaccination as well as fit test to verify the correctly fitting of the respirator. Also, the license program includes training on hand hygiene and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). To get the license, each participants must get the vaccination and attend one to one training session with a program trainer 34.

Intervention

General session OTHER

A general session about the basic of infection control was conducted for this group. The lecture performed in the same way of the regular training fulfill.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 22 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Working in the chosen hospitals.
• Health care worker (Physician, nurse or technician) of any gender, age, or experience.

You may not qualify if:

• Refuse to participate in the study.
• Have BICSL certificate before the study implemented.
• On leave during study period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Madinah Saudi Board Community Medicine: lead
• Madinah directorate - Ministry of Health: collaborator

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2016
• First Posted: August 5, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2016
• Study Completion: December 1, 2016
• Last Updated: August 5, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share