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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Jul;34(7):717-22. doi: 10.1086/670990. Epub 2013 May 21.
Infection control assessment after an influenza outbreak in a residential care facility for children and young adults with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Azofeifa A, Yeung LF, Peacock G, Moore CA, Rodgers L, Diorio M, Page SL, Fowler B, Stone ND, Finelli L, Jhung MA.
Source
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Abstract
Objective. To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of infection control among staff in a residential care facility for children and young adults with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions. Design. Self-administered survey. Setting. Residential care facility (facility A). Participants. Facility A staff ([Formula: see text]). Methods. We distributed a survey to staff at facility A. We classified staff with direct care responsibilities as clinical (ie, physicians, nurses, and therapists) or nonclinical (ie, habilitation assistants, volunteers, and teachers) and used χ(2) tests to measure differences between staff agreement to questions. Results. Of 248 surveys distributed, 200 (81%) were completed; median respondent age was 36 years; 85% were female; and 151 were direct care staff (50 clinical, 101 nonclinical). Among direct care staff respondents, 86% agreed they could identify residents with respiratory symptoms, 70% stayed home from work when ill with respiratory infection, 64% agreed that facility administration encouraged them to stay home when ill with respiratory infection, and 72% reported that ill residents with respiratory infections were separated from well residents. Clinical and nonclinical staff differed in agreement about using waterless hand gel as a substitute for handwashing (96% vs 78%; [Formula: see text]) and whether handwashing was done after touching residents (92% vs 75%; [Formula: see text]). Conclusions. Respondents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection control could be improved, especially among nonclinical staff. Facilities caring for children and young adults with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions should encourage adherence to infection control best practices among all staff having direct contact with residents.
PMID:
23739076
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23739076
Infection control assessment after an influenza outbreak in a residential care facility for children and young adults with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Azofeifa A, Yeung LF, Peacock G, Moore CA, Rodgers L, Diorio M, Page SL, Fowler B, Stone ND, Finelli L, Jhung MA.
Source
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Abstract
Objective. To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of infection control among staff in a residential care facility for children and young adults with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions. Design. Self-administered survey. Setting. Residential care facility (facility A). Participants. Facility A staff ([Formula: see text]). Methods. We distributed a survey to staff at facility A. We classified staff with direct care responsibilities as clinical (ie, physicians, nurses, and therapists) or nonclinical (ie, habilitation assistants, volunteers, and teachers) and used χ(2) tests to measure differences between staff agreement to questions. Results. Of 248 surveys distributed, 200 (81%) were completed; median respondent age was 36 years; 85% were female; and 151 were direct care staff (50 clinical, 101 nonclinical). Among direct care staff respondents, 86% agreed they could identify residents with respiratory symptoms, 70% stayed home from work when ill with respiratory infection, 64% agreed that facility administration encouraged them to stay home when ill with respiratory infection, and 72% reported that ill residents with respiratory infections were separated from well residents. Clinical and nonclinical staff differed in agreement about using waterless hand gel as a substitute for handwashing (96% vs 78%; [Formula: see text]) and whether handwashing was done after touching residents (92% vs 75%; [Formula: see text]). Conclusions. Respondents' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection control could be improved, especially among nonclinical staff. Facilities caring for children and young adults with neurologic and neurodevelopmental conditions should encourage adherence to infection control best practices among all staff having direct contact with residents.
PMID:
23739076
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23739076