Larson E, Eisenberg R, Soule B M
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Am J Infect Control. 1988 Oct;16(5):198-205. doi: 10.1016/0196-6553(88)90060-0.
Approximately 5 years ago a task analysis was conducted by the Certification Board of Infection Control (CBIC) to describe infection control practice. This task analysis served as the basis for development of the certification examination. This article describes the process used to update and revalidate the original task analysis to ensure the continued validity and job relatedness of the certification process. Using a modified Delphi technique, several panels of representative expert infection control practitioners (ICPs), a total of 29 persons, participated in an iterative process to define the practice dimensions of infection control and to link these practice dimensions to the certification examination. In general, there was a high level of congruence between respondents on the original task analysis and the expert panels, although a few differences in practice were identified among ICPs in extended care facilities and a few new tasks were identified. In addition, a revised content outline for the examination was created by placing clusters of knowledge statements together around common themes.
大约5年前，感染控制认证委员会（CBIC）进行了一项任务分析，以描述感染控制实践。这项任务分析为认证考试的开发奠定了基础。本文描述了用于更新和重新验证原始任务分析的过程，以确保认证过程的持续有效性和与工作的相关性。通过使用改进的德尔菲技术，几组共29名具有代表性的专家感染控制从业人员（ICP）参与了一个迭代过程，以确定感染控制的实践维度，并将这些实践维度与认证考试联系起来。总体而言，原始任务分析的受访者与专家小组之间的一致性程度较高，尽管在长期护理机构的ICP中发现了一些实践上的差异，并确定了一些新任务。此外，通过围绕共同主题将知识陈述聚类，创建了一份修订后的考试内容大纲。
