Infection prevention and control training and capacity building during the Ebola epidemic in Guinea.
Heidi M SoetersLamine KoivoguiLindsey de BeerCandice Y JohnsonDianka DiabyAbdoulaye OuedraogoFatoumata TouréFodé Ousmane BangouraMichelle A ChangNora CheaEllen M DotsonAlyssa FinlayDavid FitterMary J HamelCarmen HazimMaribeth LarzelereBenjamin J ParkAlexander K RoweAngela M Thompson-PaulAnthony TwymanMoumié BarryGodlove NtawAlpha Oumar DialloPublished in: PloS one (2018)
IPC training resulted in clear improvements in knowledge and was feasible in a public health emergency setting. This method of IPC training addressed a high demand among HCW. Valuable lessons were learned to facilitate expansion of IPC training to other prefectures; this model may be considered when responding to other large outbreaks.