Evaluation on capability of parasitic disease control and prevention among professional and technical personnel in medical and health institutions in Wuxi City

Abstract

To understand the capability of parasitic disease control and prevention among professional and technical personnel in medical and health institutions in Wuxi City, so as to provide the evidence for promoting relative capability building. Forty-one professional and technical persons from 22 medical and health institutions received the evaluation through the theoretical knowledge exam and laboratory operation skill assessment. The average score of theoretical knowledge exam was (76.5±15.6) with the pass rate of 80.5% and excellent rate of 48.9%. The average score, pass rate and excellent rate for Plasmodium blood slide making were (7.3±1.5), 87.8% and 41.5% respectively, the average score, pass rate and excellent rate for Plasmodium blood slide reading were (14.0±7.2), 31.7% and 12.2% respectively; the average score, pass rate and excellent rate for helminthes microscope examination were (19.4±10.4), 24.4% and 0 respectively; the average score, pass rate and excellent rate for Oncomelania hupensis snail identification were (8.6±1.1), 95.1% and 73.2% respectively. The average scores of helminthes microscope examination and Oncomelania hupensis snail identification were higher in the participants with middle-level professional title or above than in the participants with primary level professional title (both P < 0.05). The average scores of theoretical knowledge exam, Plasmodium blood slide reading and helminthes microscope examination were higher in the participants from disease control and prevention institutions than in the staff who came from medical institutions (all P <0.05). The professional and technical personnel in medical and health institutions in Wuxi do better in theoretical knowledge, Plasmodium blood slide making and Oncomelania hupensis snail identification. However, the capability of parasite microscope examination is urgently needed to be improved in the future.