Awareness and practice of infection control related to clinical practice by students in Health-related departments Kim Hyun-Jeong1, Hong Su-Min2,*, Ji Hyun-Kyung3 1Professor, Department of Nursing, Baekseok University, Cheonan, 31065, Korea 2Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, Baekseok University, Cheonan, 31065, Korea 3Professor, Department of Emergency Medical Technology, Baekseok University, Cheonan, 31065, Korea *Corresponding Author: Su-min Hong Professor, Department of Dental Hygiene, Baekseok University, Korea Email: sarangtou@bu.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract Appropriate infection control program is critical to health college students performing on-site clinical practice at medical institutions. The aim was to investigate the awareness and performance of standard precautions of health college students in relation to on-site clinical practice. A self-report survey was conducted with 236 health college students who had undergone on-site clinical practice. The questionnaire consisted of questions regarding the on-site clinical practice-related experiences of the subjects and infection control precautions. Scores for infection control awareness and performance were highest in subjects from the department of nursing. The ratio of subjects having an experience of being wounded by a syringe needle or a sharp device during the on-site clinical practice was highest, at 61.6%, among the subjects from the department of dental hygiene, but the score for infection control performance was lowest in subjects from the department of dental hygiene. The ratio of subjects who reported the experience of undergoing an infection control education was 78.2%. The experience of an infection control education has an effect on the infection control awareness and performance of health college students. An effective education program needs to be developed and provided for health college students. Top Keywords Clinical practice, infection control education, Infection control behaviors, Standard precautions, Student in health-related departments. Top |