Abstract：
Infection preventionists (IPs) work and practice in a variety of roles across many practice settings. While the health care-based IP role has been well studied, less is known about IPs who work in public health, consultant, and academic roles.
Data were collected as a subset of the Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention and Control and Epidemiology 2020 MegaSurvey. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed to compare the responses of 147 IPs working in public health, consulting, or academic roles.
Respondents identified their primary IP role as public health (40%), consulting (39%), or academic (21%). Most were White and non-Hispanic females working in long-term care, acute care, and outpatient settings. Most had over 11 years of experience in health care before IP, with nursing being the most common. More consultants were certified in infection control (74%). While half of the respondents in public health reported being certified in infection control, and a third had 6 or more years of experience in infection prevention and control, they reported the lowest annual salary and satisfaction with total compensation.
These findings highlight the characteristics and contributions of infection prevention and control in nontraditional roles and settings. Certification and fair compensation are crucial factors for professional development and job satisfaction.
These insights can guide future education, recruitment, and retention strategies for IPs in public health, consulting, and academic roles.
Data were collected as a subset of the Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention and Control and Epidemiology 2020 MegaSurvey. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed to compare the responses of 147 IPs working in public health, consulting, or academic roles.
Respondents identified their primary IP role as public health (40%), consulting (39%), or academic (21%). Most were White and non-Hispanic females working in long-term care, acute care, and outpatient settings. Most had over 11 years of experience in health care before IP, with nursing being the most common. More consultants were certified in infection control (74%). While half of the respondents in public health reported being certified in infection control, and a third had 6 or more years of experience in infection prevention and control, they reported the lowest annual salary and satisfaction with total compensation.
These findings highlight the characteristics and contributions of infection prevention and control in nontraditional roles and settings. Certification and fair compensation are crucial factors for professional development and job satisfaction.
These insights can guide future education, recruitment, and retention strategies for IPs in public health, consulting, and academic roles.
摘要：
背景：感染预防师（IP）在许多实践环境中担任各种角色。虽然基于医疗保健的知识产权角色已经得到了很好的研究，对从事公共卫生工作的IP知之甚少，顾问,和学术角色。
方法：数据收集为感染预防和控制与流行病学专业人员协会2020年大型调查的子集。进行了描述性和双变量分析，以比较147个从事公共卫生工作的IP的反应，咨询,或学术角色。
结果：受访者将其主要知识产权角色确定为公共卫生（40％），咨询（39%），或学术（21%）。大多数是从事长期护理工作的白人和非西班牙裔女性，急性护理，和门诊设置。在IP之前，大多数人在医疗保健方面拥有超过11年的经验，护理是最常见的。更多的顾问获得感染控制认证（CIC®）（74%）。虽然一半的公共卫生受访者报告是CIC®，三分之一的人有6年或更多的IPC经验，他们报告了最低的年薪和对总薪酬的满意度。
结论：这些发现突出了IPC在非传统角色和环境中的特征和贡献。认证和公平的薪酬是职业发展和工作满意度的关键因素。
结论：这些见解可以指导未来的教育，招募,以及公共卫生中IP的保留策略，咨询,和学术角色。
方法：数据收集为感染预防和控制与流行病学专业人员协会2020年大型调查的子集。进行了描述性和双变量分析，以比较147个从事公共卫生工作的IP的反应，咨询,或学术角色。
结果：受访者将其主要知识产权角色确定为公共卫生（40％），咨询（39%），或学术（21%）。大多数是从事长期护理工作的白人和非西班牙裔女性，急性护理，和门诊设置。在IP之前，大多数人在医疗保健方面拥有超过11年的经验，护理是最常见的。更多的顾问获得感染控制认证（CIC®）（74%）。虽然一半的公共卫生受访者报告是CIC®，三分之一的人有6年或更多的IPC经验，他们报告了最低的年薪和对总薪酬的满意度。
结论：这些发现突出了IPC在非传统角色和环境中的特征和贡献。认证和公平的薪酬是职业发展和工作满意度的关键因素。
结论：这些见解可以指导未来的教育，招募,以及公共卫生中IP的保留策略，咨询,和学术角色。
