Industry Helps Infection Preventionists Address Knowledge Gaps
December 7th 2010In ICTs first-ever State of the Industry Report presented earlier this year, survey respondents reported that 77 percent of them participate regularly or frequently in educational events such as conferences, Webinars and self-study courses, in order to improve their knowledge about infection prevention and control. But that leaves the 23 percent who indicated that they rarely engage in education-related activities are they becoming stagnant in their quest for life-long learning? And approximately one-third of survey respondents pointed to a lack of education as one of the biggest barriers to healthcare workers compliance with infection prevention practices.