title: A Web-based program to ensure compliance of medical staff providers with mandated health care facility requirements.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We designed a Web-based program for educating medical staff providers on infection control and prevention measures and for ensuring that such providers comply with mandated immunizations, influenza vaccination, and tuberculin skin testing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our program was designed in a health care system employing approximately 2,699 medical staff providers and 9,700 other health care workers in 3 hospitals; a skilled nursing care facility; and a large, multisite, faculty practice plan. We developed a program for educating medical staff providers on infection control and antibiotic stewardship and ensuring compliance with institutional immunization, tuberculin skin testing, and influenza immunization requirements. A post-test required a 100% correct score to pass. The modules allowed access from any computer with Internet connectivity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 2,666 of the 2,699 (98.8%) medical staff providers completed the program, and 76.4% of the 2,666 received influenza vaccination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Entering the data into an electronic database allowed for ease in monitoring compliance, and the requirement for successfully passing a post-test following the educational modules ensured that medical staff providers had read the material. Entry into the electronic database also allowed for analysis of reasons for varied compliance with influenza immunization that will be useful in focusing future educational efforts.
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. bribner@emory.edu
authors.forename: Bruce S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ribner
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beasley
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Duffell
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Gennaro
authors.forename: Duriel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garner
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000592:standards; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D020407:Internet; D008503:Medical Staff; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007252:Influenza Vaccines