Background: Ambulatory care is provided in a variety of settings, including physician's
offices, hospital-based clinics, and public health clinics. The Aim of this study was to evaluate
the effect of training program for improving the nurse's performance toward infection control in
ambulatory care units. Setting: This study was conducted in ambulatory care units at University
Ain Shams specialized hospital, Cairo Governorate, Sampling: A purposive sample of 83 nurses
working in ambulatory care units in Ain Shams specialized hospital, Study design: descriptive
Study. Tools: two tools were used for data collection, First: An interviewing questionnaire
divided into
two parts: Part 1 nurses Socio-Demographic, Part 2 Nurses knowledge. Second:
Observation
checklist for assessing nursing performance regarding infection control Results
Reveals that
53.8% had correct performance toward infection control preprogram, improved to
87.4% post program implementation, there were statistically significant differences between
nurse'stotal knowledge scales and subscales in Pre and Post program. Also reveals that there were
highly statistically significant differences related to nurses correct performance score level pre and
post program. Conclusion: education training program reported remarkable improvement in
ambulatory care nurses' knowledge and performance toward infection control. Recommendations
the study recommended that Continuing training courses for nurses to demonstrate nurses'
compliance/ performance/ utilization of standard precautions of infection control by the infection
control team