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

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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Infection Control Training

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Training
* Other: General session


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Working in the chosen hospitals. Health care worker (Physician, nurse or technician) of any gender, age, or experience. Exclusion Criteria: Refuse to participate in the study. Have BICSL certificate before the study implemented. On leave during study period.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 22 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention<br>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<br>* 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.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Control<br>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<br>* 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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self administered knowledge | will be measured by questionnaire | 3 months | 
| Self administered practice | will be measured by questionnaire | 3 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self administered knowledge | between different sexes and professions, it will be measured by questionnaire | 3 months | 
| Self administred practices | between different sexes and professions, it will be measured by questionnaire | 3 months |