KY Infection Prevention Training Center 2025 Learning Needs Assessment

The Kentucky Infection Prevention Training Center (KyIP Training Center) is asking for your help in collecting information about the knowledge and educational needs regarding basic infection prevention. This online survey, consisting of multiple choice questions should take you approximately 10 minutes to complete. The results from the survey will provide insight into the educational needs of those working in healthcare regarding basic infection prevention. KyIP Training Center will use the responses to guide future education and training plans so that we can continue to provide relevant and specific education that meets the needs of all workers in healthcare settings across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
1.What is your professional role? (select the most relevant category)
2.If public health professional select what best describes your role
3.Are you an Infection Preventionist (IP)
4.If you are an IP, how many years of experience do you have in infection prevention?
5.In what setting do you work? (select the most relevant category)
6.If from health department select best describes your location
7.In what county do you work?
8.Do you have direct contact with patients or the patient environment?
9.How often do you perform the following Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) activities?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Rarely
Never
Observing hand hygiene compliance
Monitoring personal protective equipment (PPE) use
Conducting audits of environmental cleaning practices
Collecting data on central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) or catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
Monitoring surgical site infection (SSI) prevention practices
MDRO surveillance
Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) development and review for construction
Water management plan development and review
Outbreak management
Communicable disease reporting
Sterile processing monitoring
Education
10.Please select all the tools or methods you use to observe and monitor IPC compliance.
11.How do you document and report your IPC findings?
12.Rate your comfort level with the following skills:
Very comfortable
Somewhat comfortable
Neutral
Uncomfortable
Very uncomfortable
Observing and auditing IPC practices in real-time
Using standardized checklists for compliance monitoring
Collecting data for infection surveillance (e.g., CLABSI, CAUTI)
Analyzing infection prevention compliance data
Providing constructive feedback to clinical staff based on observations
Risk Assessment development
Performance improvement
Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) development
Water management plans
13.How confident are you in identifying breaches in IPC practices?
14.Which IPC competencies do you feel least confident performing?
15.What are the main challenges you face when monitoring and collecting IPC compliance data? (Select all that apply)
16.How would you describe the level of support you receive from leadership for IPC activities?
17.What areas of IPC compliance monitoring do you feel require additional training or resources? (check any that apply)
18.What format do you prefer for learning or professional development? (Select all that apply)
19.How frequently would you prefer to receive IPC-related training?
20.What additional tools, resources, or support would help you improve your IPC observation and monitoring practices?
21.Please select any additional educational requests you may have:
22.Is there anything else you would like us to know about your learning needs as an IP?