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

Infection Control Training Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02856529
• Other study ID #: SBCMM001
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 18, 2016
• Last updated: August 2, 2016
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: July 2016
• Source: Madinah Saudi Board Community Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Saudi Arabia: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 66
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 22 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Working in the chosen hospitals.

2. Health care worker (Physician, nurse or technician) of any gender, age, or experience.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Refuse to participate in the study.

2. Have BICSL certificate before the study implemented.

3. On leave during study period.

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Infection
• Infection Control Training

Intervention

Other:
• Training
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.
• General session
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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Madinah Saudi Board Community Medicine	Madinah directorate - Ministry of Health

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Self administered knowledge	will be measured by questionnaire	3 months	No
Primary	Self administered practice	will be measured by questionnaire	3 months	No
Secondary	Self administered knowledge	between different sexes and professions, it will be measured by questionnaire	3 months	No
Secondary	Self administred practices	between different sexes and professions, it will be measured by questionnaire	3 months	No