Adherence to usage of personal protective equipment among healthcare workers caring for proven COVID-19 patients and alleged non-COVID-19 patients

Neuwirth, Meike Maria; Mattner, Frauke; Otchwemah, Robin

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-42553/v1

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“…Participants who worked at covid ward tend to comply in using PPE (23.4 vs. 11.1%, p=0.061). A study from Neuwirth et al (2020) supported this finding. The overall adherence to using PPE was significantly higher among HCWs who worked at covid ward than noncovid ward (Neuwirth et al, 2020).…”

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Compliance with personal protective equipment use among non-medical healthcare professionals during Covid-19 pandemic

2021

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Non-medical healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nutritionists, and radiographers, have a high risk of COVID-19 infection during work. Personal protective equipment use has shown effective in preventing virus transmission. This study aimed to investigate the compliance with personal protective equipment use and identify the factors that may influence their compliance. The study was designed cross-sectionally, with a self-administered questionnaire. The respondents were non-medical healthcare professionals recruited from covid and non-covid ward at Saiful Anwar General Hospital. The data were collected in November 2020. The questionnaire consists of four questions to assess compliance and eighteen questions to explore the factors that may relate to their compliance. This study used the Chi-square test to differentiate the level of compliance between two groups and binary logistic regression to analyze factors that may influence the compliance. Most participants in this study were female (84.8%), with a median age of 33 (23 – 57) years. More than 80 % of participants worked in the non-covid ward. Only one-fifth of participants had work experience of more than 15 years. The compliance with personal protective equipment was 67.3%. In univariate analysis, factors that influenced the compliance were difficulty using, removing, and disposing of personal protective equipment, lack of training and regular monitoring, unsure about the effectiveness of personal protective equipment, uncomfortable in donning personal protective equipment. Co-workers never reminding themselves to use personal protective equipment also influence compliance. In the multivariate analysis, the difficulty of using, removing and disposing of personal protective equipment (OR 2.83 (0.730 – 3.478), p=0.025) significantly influenced compliance with personal protective equipment use.

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“…A study from Neuwirth et al (2020) supported this finding. The overall adherence to using PPE was significantly higher among HCWs who worked at covid ward than noncovid ward (Neuwirth et al, 2020). 26 of 32 (81.25%) of our participants who work at covid ward complied using PPE.…”

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Compliance with personal protective equipment use among non-medical healthcare professionals during Covid-19 pandemic

2021

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“…However, correct PPE usage is as important as access. Emerging research suggests that compliance with and correct usage of PPE is higher in COVID-19 hospital wards compared to non-COVID-19 wards [ 40 ]. Therefore, correct usage must continue to be promoted for all HCWs to reduce transmission risk.…”

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COVID-19 healthcare policies in Ireland: A rapid review of the initial pandemic response

O’Leary

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Griffin

et al. 2021

Scand J Public Health

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Aims: Healthcare systems urgently required policies to guide the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this review was to document the healthcare policies developed during the initial wave of widespread COVID-19 transmission in Ireland. We further sought to determine the key focus and impact of these policies. Methods: We conducted a rapid review of COVID-19 healthcare policies published from 28 January to 31 May 2020. Key information including the focus of the policy, target population and impact on service delivery was extracted from included policies. During analysis, data was grouped under descriptive categories and narrative summaries were developed for each category. Results: We identified 61 healthcare policies relating to COVID-19. We developed six category headings to describe the focus and impact of these policies: infection prevention and control ( n = 19), residential care settings ( n = 12), maintaining non-COVID-19 healthcare services and supports ( n = 12), testing and contact tracing ( n = 7), guidance for healthcare workers concerning COVID-19 ( n = 6), and treating COVID-19 ( n = 5). Conclusions: This review has identified lessons for policy development and implementation to help prepare for future healthcare emergencies. Factors to consider include support of vulnerable groups during and in the aftermath of the pandemic, providing psychological supports for healthcare workers and investment in public healthcare services such as contact tracing for future emergencies. While pandemic conditions necessitate the speedy development of policies, effective communication and adequate resourcing is required to ensure policy implementation.

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Adherence to usage of personal protective equipment among healthcare workers caring for proven COVID-19 patients and alleged non-COVID-19 patients

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Compliance with personal protective equipment use among non-medical healthcare professionals during Covid-19 pandemic

Compliance with personal protective equipment use among non-medical healthcare professionals during Covid-19 pandemic

COVID-19 healthcare policies in Ireland: A rapid review of the initial pandemic response

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