Dunn Helen, Blackburn Paul, Cloutman-Green Elaine
Department of Microbiology, Camiliar Botnar Laboratories, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Heart & Lung Directorate, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
J Infect Prev. 2025 Aug 22:17571774251366930. doi: 10.1177/17571774251366930.
Infection Prevention Control (IPC) education is a key aspect of training for all staff as it forms a fundamental aspect of patient safety. The majority of IPC education is carried out in the classroom, by e-learning or through simulation. Different models of education delivery have been evaluated in healthcare outside of IPC with some success, including ward rounds. Therefore, a ward round intervention was utilised using an action research model to evaluate if it was feasible to carry out IPC education in the clinical environment and determine if it improved education opportunities and knowledge for staff.
A mixed methods approach was used to collect qualitative and quantitative data in the form of questionnaires, interventions and reflections using thematic analysis.
The results suggest that a ward round intervention for IPC education provides opportunities for staff to receive education. It also could contribute to an improved relationship between ward and IPC staff through collaborative working.
Whilst this was only a small action research study in one ward with limitations the findings suggest that IPC education can be delivered in the clinical environment and that IPC education delivery is an area that requires more research.
感染预防与控制（IPC）教育是所有员工培训的关键环节，因为它是患者安全的基本要素。大多数IPC教育是在课堂上、通过电子学习或模拟进行的。在IPC之外的医疗保健领域，已经对不同的教育交付模式进行了评估并取得了一些成功，包括查房。因此，采用行动研究模型进行了查房干预，以评估在临床环境中开展IPC教育是否可行，并确定其是否改善了员工的教育机会和知识水平。
采用混合方法，通过主题分析，以问卷、干预措施和反思的形式收集定性和定量数据。
结果表明，针对IPC教育的查房干预为员工提供了接受教育的机会。它还可以通过合作工作促进病房与IPC工作人员之间关系的改善。
虽然这只是在一个病房进行的一项有局限性的小型行动研究，但研究结果表明，IPC教育可以在临床环境中开展，并且IPC教育的交付是一个需要更多研究的领域。
