da Silva Felix Adriana M, Pereira Erica G, Padoveze Maria Clara
Department of Community Health Nursing, The School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
J Infect Prev. 2023 Nov;24(6):259-267. doi: 10.1177/17571774231203388. Epub 2023 Sep 25.
Infection prevention competencies are critical for successful job performance, career progression and robust performance of infection prevention and control programs.
AIM/OBJECTIVE: Identify competency assessment tools available to infection preventionists and describe their characteristics, validation processes and reliability.
A scoping review was conducted on five databases and grey literature from 1999 to 2022. A descriptive synthesis approach was undertaken to analyse the data.
FINDING/RESULTS: Seven tools that meet the inclusion criteria were identified. Of those, one tool was reviewed twice. All tools were developed in the United Kingdom, Canada, China and the United States, and were published between 2009 and 2022. All tools use a rating scale; and the most used method to assess competencies was self-assessment. Levels of competency were cited by five tools. Two tools provided information on validation methods and reliability tests for internal consistency.
Few competency assessment tools are available in the literature, and there is a lack of information on their development process. A global effort to develop an assessment tool that allows comparison across countries and cultures can be a step forward to propel infection preventionists' careers and enhance the efficacy of Infection Prevention and Control Programs.
感染预防能力对于成功的工作表现、职业发展以及感染预防与控制项目的稳健运行至关重要。
确定可供感染预防专业人员使用的能力评估工具，并描述其特点、验证过程和可靠性。
对1999年至2022年期间五个数据库及灰色文献进行了范围综述。采用描述性综合方法对数据进行分析。
确定了七个符合纳入标准的工具。其中，一个工具被审查了两次。所有工具均在英国、加拿大、中国和美国开发，且于2009年至2022年期间发表。所有工具均使用评分量表；评估能力最常用的方法是自我评估。五个工具引用了能力水平。两个工具提供了关于内部一致性验证方法和可靠性测试的信息。
文献中可用的能力评估工具很少，且缺乏关于其开发过程的信息。全球共同努力开发一种能够跨国家和文化进行比较的评估工具，可能是推动感染预防专业人员职业发展并提高感染预防与控制项目效力的一个进步。
