Training and Education Department, Support Services Administration, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Health Services and Hospitals Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Infect Dis Health. 2023 Aug;28(3):177-185. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2023.02.003. Epub 2023 Mar 3.
Hospital Housekeeping staff play a key role in maintaining safe and clean environments to prevent infection and its spread in hospital. Innovative training approaches are necessary for this category; especially since their educational level is below average. Simulation based training can be a valuable tool for them in health care sector. However, no studies have explored the impact of simulation-based training on housekeeping staff performance, which is the focus of this study.
This research focuses on exploring the effectiveness of simulation-based training for Hospital Housekeeping Staff.
The study used pre-post training data from 124 housekeeping staff in different work areas at KAUH to measure the effectiveness of the program on their performance. The training includes five segments: General Knowledge training, Personal Protective Equipment, Hand Hygiene, Cleaning Biological Materials, and Terminal Cleaning. The study incorporated a two-sample paired T-test, One-Way ANOVA to detect differences in mean performance pre-and post-training and between groups in terms of gender and work area.
Study results show a significant improvement in housekeeping staff performance after the training, where the performance measure of GK was improved by 33%, PPE 42%, HH 53%, Biological Spill Kit is 64%, and terminal cleaning 11% However, there is no significant difference in performance improvements in all stations in regards of gender and work area except for the Biological Spill Kit in terms of the work area.
Results show the effectiveness of training as there are statistically significant differences in housekeeping staff mean performance pre-and post-training. The simulation-based training changed the behavior of the cleaners, as they became more confident and understanding in performing their work. Expanding the use of simulation as a basis for training this important group and further study is recommended.
医院保洁员在维护安全、清洁的环境方面发挥着关键作用，可防止医院内感染及其传播。鉴于保洁员的受教育程度普遍较低，针对这一群体，需要采取创新性的培训方法。模拟培训可能是医疗保健领域保洁员的宝贵工具。然而，目前尚无研究探讨模拟培训对保洁员工作表现的影响，本研究旨在对此进行探索。
本研究旨在探讨模拟培训对医院保洁员的效果。
本研究采用 KAUH 不同工作区域的 124 名保洁员的培训前后数据，以衡量该方案对其工作表现的影响。培训内容包括五个部分：一般知识培训、个人防护设备、手部卫生、清洁生物材料和终末清洁。本研究采用了两样本配对 T 检验和单因素方差分析，以检测培训前后保洁员的表现以及其在性别和工作区域方面的差异。
研究结果表明，培训后保洁员的工作表现有显著提高，其中一般知识的表现提高了 33%，个人防护设备提高了 42%，手部卫生提高了 53%，生物溢出包提高了 64%，终末清洁提高了 11%。然而，在性别和工作区域方面，所有站点的表现提高没有显著差异，除了生物溢出包在工作区域方面。
结果表明培训是有效的，因为保洁员在培训前后的表现有统计学上的显著差异。模拟培训改变了清洁员的行为，使他们在执行工作时更加自信和理解。建议扩大模拟培训作为培训这一重要群体的基础，并进一步开展研究。
