Making infection prevention education interactive can enhance knowledge and improve outcomes: Results from the Targeted Infection Prevention (TIP) Study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1241-1246

  Koo, Evonne ^a   McNamara, Sara ^a   Lansing, Bonnie ^a   Olmsted, Russell N ^b   Rye, Ruth Anne ^c   Fitzgerald, Thomas ^a,d   Mody, Lona ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Infection Prevention and Control   (United States)

^c Long term Care Infection Prevention Control Consultant   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational intervention; health care personnel; infection control and prevention; knowledge improvement; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CATHETER CARE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMAN; INDWELLING URINARY CATHETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; SIMULATION TRAINING; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOMIZATION;

CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84994176911     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.016     Document Type: Article

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