Survey on personnels for Plasmodium microscopic examination in Baoshan District, Shanghai

Abstract

Objective To investigate the working state of staff engaged in blood examination on malaria in Baoshan District Shanghai.Methods Personnels for Plasmodium microscopic examination were investigated from 25 medical institutions by questionnaire,microscopic theory and operation test.The Epidata database was established.The statistics and analysis on the results of questionnaire and test were performed by Excel.Results All the members investigated majored in inspection medicine,with 40％ college education,60％ university educated.56％ of members investigated have been engaged in inspection work within 10 years.32％ working on Plasmodium microscopic examination for less then 1 year,40％ for 2-5 years,28％ for more then 10 years.Per capita times of provincial and municipal training,district training and unit training were 0.04,1.04,0.84 respectively.28％ (7/25) of the members investigated have the experience of finding Plasmodium at work. 81％ of the members investigated considered it necessary or very necessary to do Plasmodium microscopy inspection 66％ of the members investigated considered Plasmodium microscopy examination having certain impact on daily inspection work.The main impacts from big to small were the increase of work load,difficulty and error. The average correct rates of knowledge test on Plasmodium microscopic examination before and after training were 74.6％ and 92.0％ respectively.There was significant difference between before and after training showing improved grades of all parts after training.Average grade and rate of pass the test ( ＞ 60 ) on Plasmodium microscopic theory knowledge were 65.8 and 68％.Conclusion The theory knowledge,working experience,on-job-training personnel for of Plasmodium microscopic examination from 25 medical institutions in Baoshan district were relatively weak and the ability to operate the microscopic examination and to identify Plasmodium by microscopy needs to be strengthened. Key words: Malaria; Plasmodium; Microscopic personnel; Survey