Development and Evaluation of an Infection Control Education Program for Postpartum Care Workers

Sung Ran Kim; Su Hyun Kim; Hee Jung Son; Nan Hyoung Cho; Kyeong Sook Cha; Hee Kyung Chun; Jong Rim Choi; Hae Kyung Hong

doi:10.14192/kjicp.2019.24.2.60

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Kim, Kim, Son, Cho, Cha, Chun, Choi, and Hong: Development and Evaluation of an Infection Control Education Program for Postpartum Care Workers

Original Article

Korean Journal of Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention 2019; 24(2): 60-68.

Published online: 31 December 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2019.24.2.60

Development and Evaluation of an Infection Control Education Program for Postpartum Care Workers

Sung Ran Kim¹, Su Hyun Kim², Hee Jung Son³, Nan Hyoung Cho⁴, Kyeong Sook Cha⁵

, Hee Kyung Chun⁶, Jong Rim Choi⁷, Hae Kyung Hong⁸

¹Infection Control Office, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

²Infection Control Office, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea.

³Infection Control Office, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

⁴Infection Control Office, Kangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

⁵Department of Nursing Science, Sun Moon University, Asan, Korea.

⁶Infection Control Office, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

⁷Center for Infection Prevention and Control, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

⁸Infection Prevention & Control Team, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.

Corresponding author: Kyeong Sook Cha. chamelda@sunmoon.ac.kr

Received 18 November 2019 Revised 30 November 2019 Accepted 2 December 2019

Korean Society for Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Abstract

Background

This study was conducted to investigate the educational needs of employees in charge of practical services at postpartum care centers and to test the improvement of infection control-related knowledge after developing and implementing educational programs that reflect their needs.

Methods

On the basis of research of the literature on educational requirements and consultations with researchers and experts, we developed educational programs on infection control. A total of 136 postpartum care workers participated in the program. To assess the effectiveness of the program, the degree-of-knowledge and satisfaction of the program were measured before and after the education. The educational program consisted of four themes over 200 minutes (50 minutes each).

Results

After training, the participants' overall infection control knowledge increased from 84.36 points to 89.04 points. The participants were satisfied with the program; they were satisfied with their knowledge acquisition (4.59±0.66 points), with the practical application of the content (4.59±0.65 points), and with the education program itself (4.52±0.67 points).

Conclusion

As the positive effects of the educational program have been identified, the program can be extended to all postpartum care workers. Continuous development and implementation of educational programs are necessary to strengthen the capability of postpartum care workers, allowing them to effectively manage infection in the future.

Keywords: Education, Infection control, Newborn, Postpartum period

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control education program for postpartum care workers

Table 2

Educational needs on infection control and education methods (survey) (N=206)

Table 3

Educational needs regarding infection control (in-depth interview)

Table 4

General characteristics of participants (N=94)

Table 5

Participants pre-post knowledge tests with the program (N=94)

Table 6

Participants satisfaction with the program (N=94)

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