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Personal protective equipment training for non-healthcare workers in the Covid-19 pandemic: Effectiveness of an evidence-based skills training framework
- Source :
- Infection, Disease & Health
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2022.
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Abstract
- Background Large-scale quarantine facilities staffed with non-healthcare workers (NHCW) were instrumental in preventing community spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease of 2019). The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a newly developed procedural skills training framework in ensuring personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance of PPE-naïve NHCWs. Materials and methods We developed a PPE procedural skills training framework for NHCWs using the Learn, See, Practice, Prove, Do, and Maintain (LSPPDM) framework and international guidelines on PPE for healthcare workers. The NHCWs underwent PPE training using this framework, conducted by a team of Infection Prevention nurses, prior to being stationed within the CCF. Effectiveness of the LSPPDM PPE training framework was assessed using: 1) competency assessment scores for NHCWs, 2) PPE compliance rates from daily audit findings, and, 3) healthcare-associated COVID-19 infection rates of NHCWs. Results A total of 883 NHCWs had completed the PPE training and demonstrated competency in PPE compliance, fulfilling 100% of the checklist requirements. Mean PPE compliance of all NHCWs during the 11-week study period was noted to be >96%. The post-implementation improvement was statistically significant when the compliance was expressed in 3-days blocks) and in bed management staff (P = < 0.05). None of the 883 NHCWs who underwent PPE training via the LSPPDM framework were diagnosed with healthcare-associated COVID-19 infection. Conclusions An evidence-based skills training framework is effective in PPE training of large numbers of NHCWs, resulting in high compliance of appropriate PPE use and prevention of healthcare-associated COVID-19 infection.
- Subjects :
- Evidence-based practice
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Health Personnel
education
skill based training framework
Audit
Personal protective equipment compliance
Nursing
Pandemic
Health care
Humans
Infection control
Medicine
non-healthcare workers
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
Personal protective equipment
General Nursing
training
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
pandemic
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Checklist
Infectious Diseases
business
Research Paper
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24680451
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Infection, Disease & Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....81ba9391098a6376594d53d398b4923e