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Education for hospital acquired infection prevention and control: from the beginning

Since the very beginning of infection control education in Croatia, there were several types of education for professionals in HCAI prevention and control: 1. Continuing medical education courses-organized in early 1990-ties by the Croatian Society for Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (a 2-3 day course in the field of HCAI prevention and control for microbiologists) ; The Reference Centre for Hospital Infections (RCHI), in 1999 initiated a program of education, in the form of short 2-3 day courses in specific topics in infection prevention and control, for nurses and physicians. Basic course for nurses- in 2005 the RCHI organizes a comprehensive “Basic education of nurses for infection control“, with 300 hours. By the end of 2010, three courses have been held, and 66 nurses (62% of all infection control nurses in Croatia) passed these courses. A certificate , valid for recertification as a general nurse and recognized by the Nurses Chamber, is issued on completion. In our courses, several nurses from Bosnia&Herzegovina and from Macedonia were participating. Master diploma for nurses: in the School of Nursing in Zagreb a master program for the prevention and control of HCAI is existing. PhD for physicians- PhD degree in infection control with number of young professionals, mainly microbiologists, but also a few surgeons have either completed or are currently working on their thesis in the field of infection control. Since 2012, a 300 hour course for infection control professionals based on TRICE competences, started at University of Zagreb School of Medicine.

infection control; education; nurses; doctors; competences

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