Current status and influencing factors for post competency of nosocomial infection management professionals in Hainan Province
OBJECTIVE To analyze the current status and influencing factors for the post competency of nosocomial infection management professionals in Hainan Province.METHODS An online questionnaire survey was conducted for 236 nosocomial infection management professionals from 57 hospitals of Hainan Province between Jun 2023 and Jul 2023,with the content of the survey including the basic information of the personnel,self-assessment of post competency and allocation of nosocomial infection management resources.RESULTS The score of the self-as-sessment of post competency of the 236 nosocomial infection professionals was(5.37±0.86)points;the scores of the four core dimensions,including personal quality,fundamental skills for infection control,competency of coop-eration and competency of professional development,were(5.52±0.93)points,(5.47±0.95)points,(5.45±0.90)points and(5.07±0.90)points,respectively.The result of multivariate analysis showed that the working years of engaging in nosocomial infection management for more than 15 years,conducting cultural activity of noso-comial infection no less than 3 times a year and participating in major events of control of nosocomial infection were positively predicted with the total score of post competency of the professionals,with the regression coeffi-cients in turn as follows:0.649,0.491,0.362(P<0.05);the secondary grade A hospital was negatively pre-dicted with the total score of post competency of the professionals,with the regression coefficient-0.324(P<0.05).CONCLUSION There is still great room for improvement of the overall post competency of the nosocomial infection management professionals in Hainan Province.It is necessary for medical institutions to strengthen the support for nosocomial infection management,intensity the training of nosocomial infection management profes-sionals and raise the post competency of the professionals.