Nteungue Boris Arnaud Kouomogne, Tandi Erick, Campbell Jeffrey, Bilounga Ndongo Chanceline, Tania Bissouma-Ledjou, Acho Alphonse, Ndougou Dieudonnée Reine, Habimana Reverien, Myriam Ambomo Sylvie, Nteungue Bertolt Brecht Kouam, Yannick Oyono, Bitang Louis Joss, Mballa Georges Alain Etoundi, Boum Yap
Department of Public Health, Central University of Nicaragua, Managua, Republic of Nicaragua.
School of Public Health, Texila American University, Georgetown, Republic of Guyana.
Infect Prev Pract. 2024 Oct 24;6(4):100408. doi: 10.1016/j.infpip.2024.100408. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Infection prevention and control (IPC) contributes to the reduction of healthcare associated infections. Notwithstanding the global attention with available guidelines and tools, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) still struggle to put into place effective IPC programmes. Here, we use a socioecological approach to summarize the findings of a recent workshop on the implementation of IPC activities in Cameroon.
We conducted a cross-sectional study on the assessment of the IPC in Cameroon.
Experts and key stakeholders involved in IPC in Cameroon evaluated the implementation of infection prevention and control during a 4-day workshop. Detailed summaries of workshop discussions and recommendations were created. Data were clustered into themes guided by the WHO core component of IPC. Results were analyzed using the socioecological model of Bronfenbrenner, McLeroy and the theory of Grol and Wensing on successful implementation of practices in healthcare settings.
Cameroon does not have an effective IPC programme in place but has developed some areas of the World Health Organization (WHO) IPC core components across the guideline level, the individual level, the organizational level, and the political level.
Cameroon is still far from the norms and standards laid out by the WHO. The evidence generated from the current analysis should contribute to improve policies and strategies towards an effective IPC programme in Cameroon and other LMICs.
感染预防与控制（IPC）有助于减少医疗相关感染。尽管全球都在关注现有的指南和工具，但低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs）仍难以实施有效的IPC计划。在此，我们采用社会生态方法来总结最近在喀麦隆举办的一次关于IPC活动实施的研讨会的结果。
我们对喀麦隆的IPC评估进行了横断面研究。
喀麦隆参与IPC的专家和关键利益相关者在为期4天的研讨会上评估了感染预防与控制的实施情况。创建了研讨会讨论和建议的详细摘要。数据按照世界卫生组织IPC核心组成部分进行主题分类。使用Bronfenbrenner、McLeroy的社会生态模型以及Grol和Wensing关于在医疗环境中成功实施实践的理论对结果进行分析。
喀麦隆尚未建立有效的IPC计划，但在世界卫生组织（WHO）IPC核心组成部分的一些领域，包括指南层面、个人层面、组织层面和政治层面，已经有所发展。
喀麦隆仍远未达到世界卫生组织制定的规范和标准。当前分析得出的证据应有助于改进喀麦隆和其他低收入和中等收入国家有效实施IPC计划的政策和战略。
