2024 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 69-76
To improve the infection control skills of nursing home staff, two illustration-focused videos, “Standard Precautions” and “Transmission-based Precautions,” were created and the effectiveness of video viewing was examined among staff at four facilities. We assigned two facilities to watch videos on standard precautions (Group A) and two to watch videos on transmission-based precautions (Group B). A questionnaire was administered after watching the video.
Differences in mean questionnaire scores among the two viewing groups and by occupation were analyzed using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Additionally, the percentage of correct answers for each question by each group was analyzed separately between occupations using the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. Transmission-based precautions scores were significantly higher in Group B than in Group A (p<0.001). By item, the percentage of correct answers among nurses for “airborne pathogens” was significantly higher in Group B than Group A (p=0.026). Among nursing care workers, the rate of correct answers to questions regarding “characteristics of contact infection and airborne infection” and “application of N95 masks” was higher in Group B than Group A (p<0.001 to 0.048), and that for questions related to the “definition of standard precaution and airborne infection control and pathogens” and “application of N95 masks” was significantly higher in Group B. The results indicate that watching videos with a focus on illustrations may contribute toward improving nursing home staff’s infection control skills. Additionally, the results suggest that viewing videos on transmission-based precautions may be particularly useful.
