Barriers and factors affecting personal protective equipment usage in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Northern Uganda

Okello, Tom Richard; Kansime, Kansime; Odora, J; Apio, J.A.; Pecorella, Irene

doi:10.4314/ecajs.v22i1.8

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“…Similarly, those who had not been trained on PPE utilization were less likely to utilize PPE in line with the previous studies [32,36]. On the other hand, inadequate or lack of training on PPE usage shows low PPE utilization [37]. This might be due to the reason training workers on safety and proper PPE use promotes [34,38].…”

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Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

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Background: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a material, device, equipment, or clothing used or worn by workers to reduce their chance of exposure or contact with any harmful material or energy that causes injury, disease, or even death. The use of PPE is a universal legal requirement to reduce occupational injuries and illnesses in the workplace. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess PPE utilization and its associated factors among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019. Methods: Institution based quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted on the selected construction sites of Addis Ababa city from April 1 to May 18, 2019. Data were collected among all (206) building construction workers via interviewer-administered questionnaires. Data were entered into Epi info version 7.1 and exported to SPSS version 25 statistical software for analysis. Variables with a p-value of less than 0.20 in bivariate analysis were included in multivariate logistic regression. Finally, variables with a p-value of less than 0.05 in multivariate analysis were considered as significantly associated. Results: The utilization of at least one PPE among building construction workers in Addis Ababa was found to be 38%. The majority (41.1%) of the participants' reason for not using PPE were the unavailability of PPE followed by absence of orientation on using PPE (21.3%). The majority (35.3%) and (32.2%) of participants knew abrasion as a type of injury and suffered from abrasion respectively. Factors associated with utilization of PPE were the presence of training on PPE use (AOR = 4.8; 95% CI: 2.3, 10.3), presence of safety training (AOR = 2,8; 95% CI:1.5, 5.2), safety orientation before commencing work (AOR = 4.0; 95% CI:1.9, 9.0) and presence of supervision (AOR = 5.0; 95% CI:1.9, 13). Conclusions: PPE utilization among building construction workers in Addis Ababa was low. The main reasons for non-utilization of PPE were unavailability of the materials and the absence of orientation on using PPE. The presence of PPE use training, presence of safety training, safety orientation, and governmental supervision were factors associated with PPE utilization. There should be continuous supervision of construction sites to assure all workers get material and training on how to use it.

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Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

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“…Another study in Northern Uganda showed that 23.7% of nurses, nursing aides, cleaners, and doctors do not know how to donning and doffing PPE. 13.6% of them do not use PPE even when indicated (Okello et al, 2017). This finding implies that the hospital management should perform routine training for their staff about the proper use of PPE.…”

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

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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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“…Inconsistent use of safety devices was attributed to discomfort and this in keeping with similar studies that have cited discomfort as a reason for non-compliance with personal protective equipment. [17][18][19] This inconsistency in the use of safety devices buttresses the fact that effective control of workplace hazards cannot be solely achieved through personal protective equipment. 20 Efforts must be put into administrative and engineering controls that minimize exposure of workers to potential and identified hazards, while supporting with personal protective equipment, continuous safety education, monitoring and supervision.…”

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Do beverage workers in Enugu state Nigeria comply with health safety measures? A cross sectional study of two breweries

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Mamah

Ndu

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Some workplace accidents happen because workers fail to do their work in the safest possible way. Human beings have an innate desire to be safe, and their commitment to maintaining safe work environment is imperative for occupational health. However, employees’ contributions to workplace accident and injury is underexplored.Methods: Cross-sectional quantitative study was undertaken in two beverage industries in Enugu state. In order to observe a proportion of 50% in staff compliance to safety measures with precision of 5% and confidence level of 95%, 217 full-time employees were selected from each industry. Stratified sampling technique was used to select respondents across 5 units/departments. Data was collected using pre-tested structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05.Results: Use of any form of safety device was reportedly high among respondents, 413 (97.4%). However, only 278 (67.3%) reported using them on a daily basis. Aprons 103 (24.9%), helmets 163 (39.5%), and hand gloves 197 (47.4%) were the least commonly used safety devices. The only reason reported for inconsistent use of safety devices was discomfort. Consistent use of safety devices correlates significantly with demographic characteristics such as age, sex, level of education, length of years of work and unit/department (p<0.001), as well as previous history of workplace injury (p=0.01).Conclusions: Consistent compliance with safety measures among factory workers is suboptimal and correlates significantly with demographic characteristics and previous history of workplace injury.

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Barriers and factors affecting personal protective equipment usage in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Northern Uganda

Cited by 23 publications

References 6 publications

Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among building construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

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

Do beverage workers in Enugu state Nigeria comply with health safety measures? A cross sectional study of two breweries

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