Nosocomial infections remain a global health problem and they are considered as one of the leading causes of increased morbidity and mortality. In-service training courses related to infection control measures can help nurses to make informed and therapeutic decisions which could prevent or reduce the incidence of nosocomial infections. This study protocol is of a hospital-based trial to develop, implement and evaluate an educational module on nosocomial infection control among nurses in public hospitals in Yemen. This study is currently ongoing and at the analysis stage. A three-arm single-blinded randomized community hospital-based trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly developed nosocomial infection control educational module among nurses in public hospitals in Yemen. To ensure effective delivery and acquisition of knowledge, the Situated Learning Theory was applied during the course of the intervention. A total of 540 Yemeni in-ward nurses, who had three years nursing diploma and at least a year of working experience in the selected public hospitals were recruited in this study. The hospitals were the unit of randomization whereby eight hospitals were assigned randomly to intervention and waitlist groups. Intervention group-1 (n = 180) received an educational module supported by audio-video CD and a training course for eight weeks. Intervention group-2 (n = 180) was given only the educational module with audio-video CD (without the training course). The waitlist group received no intervention during the period of data collection but they will be given the same training and learning materials after the completion of the study. This study contributes to the lack of a nosocomial infection control educational module for nurses in Yemen. It is hoped that the educational module will serve as an effective approach to increase the nurses’ knowledge and improve their practices regarding nosocomial infection control measures and hence decrease the prevalence of nosocomial infections in the future. ID: ISRCTN19992640 , Date of registration: 20/6/2017. This study protocol was retrospectively registered.

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也门公立医院护士医院感染控制教育模块的随机社区试验：研究方案

医院感染仍然是一个全球性的健康问题，被认为是发病率和死亡率增加的主要原因之一。与感染控制措施相关的在职培训课程可以帮助护士做出明智的治疗决策，从而预防或减少医院感染的发生率。该研究方案是一项基于医院的试验，旨在开发、实施和评估也门公立医院护士的医院感染控制教育模块。这项研究目前正在进行中，处于分析阶段。进行了一项基于三臂单盲随机社区医院的试验，以评估新开发的医院感染控制教育模块在也门公立医院护士中的有效性。为了确保有效地传递和获取知识，在干预过程中应用了情境学习理论。本研究共招募了 540 名也门住院护士，他们具有三年护理文凭和至少一年在选定公立医院的工作经验。医院是随机化的单位，其中八家医院被随机分配到干预组和候补组。干预组 1 (n = 180) 接受了由音频-视频 CD 支持的教育模块和为期八周的培训课程。干预组 2 (n = 180) 只接受了带有音频-视频 CD 的教育模块（没有培训课程）。候补名单组在数据收集期间没有受到任何干预，但他们将在研究完成后获得相同的培训和学习材料。这项研究导致也门护士缺乏医院感染控制教育模块。希望教育模块能够作为一种有效的方法来增加护士的知识和改进他们在医院感染控制措施方面的实践，从而减少未来医院感染的流行。ID：ISRCTN19992640，注册日期：20/6/2017。该研究方案进行了回顾性登记。希望教育模块能够作为一种有效的方法来增加护士的知识和改进他们在医院感染控制措施方面的实践，从而减少未来医院感染的流行。ID：ISRCTN19992640，注册日期：20/6/2017。该研究方案进行了回顾性登记。希望教育模块能够作为一种有效的方法来增加护士的知识和改进他们在医院感染控制措施方面的实践，从而减少未来医院感染的流行。ID：ISRCTN19992640，注册日期：20/6/2017。该研究方案进行了回顾性登记。