Assessment of health care personnel needs for training in infection control: one size does not fit all

Knapp, Megan Bush; McIntyre, Rosemarie; Sinkowitz-Cochran, Ronda L.; Pearson, Michele L.

To guide development of infection control education, we conducted a pilot needs assessment to determine current infection control knowledge, identify potential gaps between knowledge and practice, and identify perceived training needs among a varied group of health care personnel. A total of 23 health care personnel from various disciplines and health care settings completed the self-administered Web-based survey. Differences in knowledge and self-identified training needs were found among disciplines. Future research may well focus on further exploring specific needs of different disciplines. These results will be used to inform topics to cover in infection control curricula for clinicians, public health professionals, and allied health personnel.