Fourteen and 32% of recent graduates reported taking the IDSA infection control course and a STD course, respectively compared with 5 and 22% of past graduates (p < 0.01 for both comparisons).
As the H1N1 pandemic struck, the online infection control course was adapted and translated into Spanish, as was a novel skill-building learning tool that permits health workers to practice selecting personal protective equipment.
Vaccine campaigns and infection control training courses were implemented during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic.
Thus, we believe that there is a clear need to devise a comprehensive infection control training course for HCWs regarding safe injection practices.
In 2010, St Jude began a 12-week infection control (IC) course using e-learning & face-to-face methodologies to train Latin-American infection preventionists in IC competencies.
A total of 33 infection control practitioners attended the course and completed both questionnaires.
Special courses for infection control precautions within nursing schools in Jordan are recommended with special focus on students' attitudes.
We recommend that Oriental medicine courses provide infection control education.
Poor knowledge of our participants as compared to medical students and residents suggests a need for continuous refresher courses in infection control.
Our studies show an increase in the percent of recent compared with past fellows who have taken courses in Infection Control, a previously defined area of deficiency [ 2, 3].
