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Virtual assessments of infection prevention and control practices in African neonatal facilities: A pilot study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2022
Abstract
Background: Evidence-based infection prevention and control (IPC) practices to reduce healthcare-associated infections in low- and middle-income countries may be difficult to implement due to lack of resources. We pilot-tested the feasibility of virtual assessments of IPC practices in African facilities caring for small and/or sick neonates for opportunities to improve IPC. Methods: We created a checklist (in English and French) to assess IPC practices in African facilities caring for small and/or sick neonates Results: In total, 10 sites participated in this pilot study. Among them, 3 sites had unreliable Internet connections, and all checklist items could be observed and scored in these videos and photos. The lowest scores occurred for kangaroo mother care (KMC) spacing and presence of screens (Table 1). Conclusions: This pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of using virtual assessments of IPC practices. We identified several potentially low-cost opportunities to improve IPC. We are recruiting additional sites to confirm the findings of this pilot study.
Funding: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Disclosures: None
- Type
- Infection Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Information
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology , Volume 2 , Issue S1: SHEA Spring 2022 Abstracts , July 2022 , pp. s49
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- This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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- © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America