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A database search was conducted on an internet browser search on MEDLINE, PUBMED, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, ERIC and Google search engines.\n\nResults:\u00a0A total of five articles met the inclusion criteria. Most of the schools in the study did not have special facilities or running water to accommodate basic infection control procedures.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0Collaboration between policymakers, specialists of spina bifida and infection control in the health sector, the Association of Spina Bifida, specialists in spina bifida under the Department of Education and researchers is needed to improve the lives of LSB through infection control.\n\nContribution:\u00a0The study will contribute to the improvement of training of staff working with LSB and the need for more research.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/ajod.v13i0.1394","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,9]],"date-time":"2024-08-09T09:17:39Z","timestamp":1723195059000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Infection control in schools for learners with spina bifida: A scoping review"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-8589-2138","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sasavona R.","family":"Mashamba","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04qzfn040","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7095-9186","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saajida","family":"Mahomed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04qzfn040","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1894-7326","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jacqueline M.","family":"van Wyk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04qzfn040","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"University of KwaZulu-Natal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Adulaziz Alsolami, M.V., 2023, \u2018Teacher attitudes towards inclusion of students with disabilities in Jeddah Elementary Schools\u2019, PLoS One 18(1), 0279068. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0279068","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0279068"},{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bannink, F., Idro, R. & Van Hove, G., 2016a, \u2018\u201cI like to play with my friends\u201d: Children with spina bifida and belonging in Uganda\u2019, Social Inclusion 4(1), 127\u2013141. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17645\/si.v4i1.630","DOI":"10.17645\/si.v4i1.630"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bannink, F., Idro, R., Van Hove, G., 2016b, \u2018Teachers\u2019 and parents\u2019 perspectives on inclusive education for children with spina bifida in Uganda\u2019, Journal of Childhood & Developmental Disorders 2(2), 18. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17645\/si.v4i1.630","DOI":"10.17645\/si.v4i1.630"},{"key":"ref3","unstructured":"Centers for Disease, 2020, What is Spina bifida. 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