The role of education in the prevention and control of infection: A review of the literature

Prevenção e controle de infecção na formação do enfermeiro: estudo descritivo

“…To this end, teaching about the prevention and control of infection must be part of the pedagogical project of professional training of all courses in health care, and this content must be explored transversally in the curricula, allowing the subject to be developed in the professional disciplines according to the depth and clinical situation required (7,10,16) .…”

“…This training should be complemented with extension and research activities, in order to constitute a mentality or professional knowledge about the prevention and control of infection, overcoming the occasional and punctual approach (7,10,15) . The development of clinical skills and student performance are directly influenced by the available learning resources and the ability to innovate with these resources.…”

“…Safe practices with an emphasis on infection prevention and control show deficits in Brazilian higher education institutions (IES -from the Portuguese "Instituições de Ensino Superior"), a problem experienced also in other Latin American institutions, especially regarding the training of professional nurses (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) . In the IES, the theme, when exploited, is done in a fragmented way: content is diluted in various disciplines, losing its importance and practical applicability throughout the curriculum (5)(6)(7) . The reflex of this is observed in clinical practice: poorly motivated professionals, developing an "uncritical practice", low adherence to standard precautions and with repercussions on the rates of care-related grievances.…”

“…The reflex of this is observed in clinical practice: poorly motivated professionals, developing an "uncritical practice", low adherence to standard precautions and with repercussions on the rates of care-related grievances. The human resources factor is considered to be extremely important for the prevention, control and surveillance of IRAS, since, historically, the propagation of micro-organisms has always been linked to the professional (7)(8)(9)(10) . Thus, the guiding question of this research was: How and in what moments the theme of prevention and control of infection in health services is explored in the curriculum of the Brazilian Nursing courses?…”

Evaluation of a visual tool co-developed for training hospital staff on the prevention and control of the spread of healthcare associated infections

“…Gauging the extent to which this challenge is being successfully met within and across different countries is difficult. Educational programmes vary widely in aims, content, form and scope, as do evaluations of their effectiveness [ 4 ]. Moreover inter-country variation in contextual and structural factors [ 5 ] also complicates comparisons.…”