Native and foreign healthcare workers' knowledge of appropriate use of antibiotics: a prospective pre-post study in Danish nursing homes

CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that HCWs born outside Denmark reveal a lower knowledge-of-antibiotic score than HCWs born in Denmark despite comparable educational backgrounds. All participants increased their knowledge from baseline to follow-up. Our findings also indicate that an educational seminar cannot equalize the difference in knowledge between native and foreign HCWs. Studies with larger sample size and a more detailed measurement of cultural identity should investigate this association further.PMID:33818336 | DOI:10.1017/S1463423621000025

Source: Primary Care - April 5, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Ida Scheel Rasmussen Matilde B øgelund Hansen Tina Marloth Magnus Arpi Jens Otto Jarl øv Sif Helene Arnold Dorthe Mogensen Jette Nygaard Jensen Source Type: research