Abstract
Undergraduate and postgraduate medical education on the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection. More progress is needed
Highlights
The prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) has traditionally not been a high priority in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programmes
In order to ensure that the doctors of the future are safe practitioners, it is essential that they have the relevant knowledge and that this informs their attitude leading to appropriate professional behaviour
The needs of nurses and doctors will differ according to their particular responsibilities and training, e.g. doctors take the lead in active interventions to treat patients with infection, including starting antibiotics. This is reflected in a study from Dundee, UK where knowledge of the complications of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the antibiotic management of MRSA were superior amongst medical doctors compared with nurses.[13]
Summary
Undergraduate and postgraduate medical education on the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection. H Humphreys[1,2], J Richards[3,4 1].
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