Table 3 Education & Audit
Hospitals that (would) take care of EDV patients | Other hospitals | Significance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Education and Audit | In place | Action needed | In place | Action needed | |
There is evidence of training to ensure all healthcare workers (HCWs) know about standard precautions and isolation precautions | 52 (71.2) | 4 (5.4) | 37 (56.1) | 6 (9.1) | 0.07 |
HCWs are aware of cough etiquette and hand hygiene | 61 (83.5) | 3 (4.1) | 53 (80.3) | 3 (4.5) | 0.88 |
Patients are aware of cough etiquette and hand hygiene | 30 (41.1) | 21 (28.8) | 28 (42.4) | 19 (28.8) | 0.97 |
Visitors are aware of cough etiquette and hand hygiene | 20 (27.4) | 24 (33.0) | 24 (36.4) | 19 (28.8) | 0.52 |
There are training teams in place who can rapidly train all staff in hospital on infection control | 46 (63.0) | 10 (13.7) | 35 (53.0) | 9 (13.6) | 0.4 |
There are audit teams who can audit infection control independent of the IPC teams | 24 (33.8) | 28 (39.4) | 16 (25.0) | 35 (54.7) | 0.22 |
Training and competency assessment are done for the designated teams at the high risk areas on use of PPE and its removal sequence | 36 (50.0) | 12 (16.7) | 27 (41.5) | 15 (28.1) | 0.38 |
Training and exercises are conducted periodically to ensure staff competency and safety in use of PPE | 41 (56.9) | 13 (18.1) | 22 (33.8) | 13 (20.0) | < 0.01 |
Where applicable, training and competency assessment is planned for staff handling human waste management e.g. the use of the autoclave machine | 26 (36.1) | 22 (30.6) | 20 (30.8) | 15 (23.1) | 0.74 |