Review of literature: Knowledge and practice of standard precautions by nursing student and teaching techniques used in training

Educational Methods Used to Teach Infection Prevention and Control in Nurse Training: Survey of French Training Institutes

“…[65-127.5] (Table 1). The number of hours devoted to teaching the course unit was comprised on average of 19 hours and 34 minutes of lectures -ranging from 6 to 80 hours (sd=6.9), with a median of 20 [18][19][20] -, of 17 hours and 26 minutes of tutorials -ranging from 2 to 65 hours (sd=6.70), with a median of 18 [14][15][16][17][18][19][20] -and, lastly, of 7 hours 47 minutes of IGW -ranging from 0 to 50 hours (sd=5.54) with a median of 38 [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] -according to establishments. The median of the total number of lecture and tutorial hours was 38 hours [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] (Table 1).…”

“…Our literature review of IPC knowledge, practices and teaching methods in the context of nursing training did not reveal any studies conducted in France [4]. Twenty-one studies describing teaching methods were identified.…”

Practices and Adherence of Nurses with Standard Precautions of Infection Control in Intensive Care Units of Public Sector Hospitals in Lahore

“…On the other hand, our results are dissimilar from the outcomes of research carried out in Italy 12 which reported a lower level (15.3%) of adherence to SPs of nurses and documented a gap among health care providers regarding adherence with standard precautions. Frequent ongoing infection control training sessions on standard precautions and proper equipment availability within the hospital are the potential factors behind the higher percentage of nurses having adequate adherence 13 . Adherence to hand hygiene, in case of more likelihood of interaction with possibly contaminated biological materials, is a key precaution to prevent the spread of infection.…”