Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 676-678Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.02.004
Keywords
Survey; Core competency
Funding
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grant from the US Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture [2011-68003-30395]
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Research Program
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A Web-based survey was administered to infection preventionists (IPs) (N = 941) to characterize awareness and knowledge of norovirus (NoV). Only 44% of respondents correctly identified NoV as one of the 3 most common foodborne pathogens in the United States, and 5% correctly identified the 3 most common settings for NoV outbreaks. Several gaps in IPs' knowledge of NoV were identified; specifically, IPs could benefit from learning more about the natural history of NoV, modes of transmission, and cleaning and disinfection processes. Copyright (C) 2014 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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