Infection prevention and control training and capacity building during the Ebola epidemic in Guinea

During the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, a key epidemiological feature was disease transmission within healthcare facilities, indicating a need for infection prevention and control (IPC) training and support. IPC training was provided to frontline healthcare workers (HCW) in healthcare fa...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-02, Vol.13 (2), p.e0193291-e0193291
Main Authors: Soeters, Heidi M, Koivogui, Lamine, de Beer, Lindsey, Johnson, Candice Y, Diaby, Dianka, Ouedraogo, Abdoulaye, Touré, Fatoumata, Bangoura, Fodé Ousmane, Chang, Michelle A, Chea, Nora, Dotson, Ellen M, Finlay, Alyssa, Fitter, David, Hamel, Mary J, Hazim, Carmen, Larzelere, Maribeth, Park, Benjamin J, Rowe, Alexander K, Thompson-Paul, Angela M, Twyman, Anthony, Barry, Moumié, Ntaw, Godlove, Diallo, Alpha Oumar
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Language:English
Subjects:
Archives & records
Capacity development
Care and treatment
Disease control
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Ebola hemorrhagic fever
Ebola virus
Ebolavirus
Emergency Medical Services
Epidemics
Epidemics - prevention & control
Epidemiology
Female
Funding
Guinea
Guinea - epidemiology
Health care
Health care policy
Health facilities
Health Personnel - education
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control
Humans
Hygiene
Infection control
Infections
Male
Management
Medical personnel
Medicine and Health Sciences
Occupational health
Outbreaks
People and Places
Preceptorship
Prevention
Public health
Supervision
Supervisors
Training
Viral diseases
Viruses
Workers
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Summary:During the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, a key epidemiological feature was disease transmission within healthcare facilities, indicating a need for infection prevention and control (IPC) training and support. IPC training was provided to frontline healthcare workers (HCW) in healthcare facilities that were not Ebola treatment units, as well as to IPC trainers and IPC supervisors placed in healthcare facilities. Trainings included both didactic and hands-on components, and were assessed using pre-tests, post-tests and practical evaluations. We calculated median percent increase in knowledge. From October-December 2014, 20 IPC courses trained 1,625 Guineans: 1,521 HCW, 55 IPC trainers, and 49 IPC supervisors. Median test scores increased 40% (interquartile range [IQR]: 19-86%) among HCW, 15% (IQR: 8-33%) among IPC trainers, and 21% (IQR: 15-30%) among IPC supervisors (all P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0193291