ArticleBMC medical education2023
Effectiveness of implementing of an infection control link nurse program to improve compliance with standard precautions and hand hygiene among nurses: a quasi-experimental study.
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Effectiveness of Implementing an Infection Control Link Nurses Program to Improve Nurses' Compliance With Standard Precautions, Healthcare Professionals' Compliance With Hand Hygiene, and to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Omissions in nurses' infection prevention and control practices and their contributing factors: a CFIR-based sequential explanatory mixed-methods study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The role of the infection control team and the infection control environment as perceived among staff nurses in Oman: a nationally based study.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
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- Current state of training needs and programs for infection control liaison nurses.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Work Experiences Among Infection Control Link Nurses in ICUs: A Qualitative Study.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Comparative performance of contact plate metod and swab method for surface microbial contamination on medical fabrics.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Infection control nurse: A scoping review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundStandard precautions (SPs) including hand hygiene are considered fundamental protective measures to manage health care-associated infections (HCAIs) and to reduce occupational health hazards. The purpose of this research was to examine the effectiveness of an infection control link nurse (ICLN) program on compliance with SPs and hand hygiene among nurses.
methodsA quasi-experimental study with a pretest-post-test design was conducted with participating of 154 clinical nurses who worked in different wards of a tertiary referral teaching hospital in Iran. The intervention group (n = 77) had 16 infection control link nurses nominated. The control group (n = 77) received only the standard multimodal approach used in the hospital. Pre- and post-test assessment of compliance with standard precautions and hand hygiene compliance was performed via the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale (CSPS) and the World Health Organization observational hand hygiene form. Two independent sample t-tests were used to examine differences between Compliance with Standard Precautions and hand hygiene Compliance among nurses in intervention and control group. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to assess the effect size.
resultsAfter developing and implementing the infection control link nurse program, no statistically significant improvement was found in the Compliance with Standard Precautions (β = 5.18; 95% CI= -0.3-10.65, p = 0.064). An improvement in hand hygiene compliance was observed among nurses in the intervention group that improved statistically significant from 18.80% before the program to 37.32% 6 months after the program (β = 20.82; 95% CI 16.40-25.25, p < 0.001).
conclusionsGiven the continuing level of interest that exists in improving health care workers' hand hygiene practices, the findings of this study provide significant practical implications for hospitals seeking to improve compliance with hand hygiene among nurses, showing the effectiveness of using infection control link nurse program. Further research is needed to assess effectiveness of using infection control link nurse program to improve compliance with standard precautions.
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