Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Pediatric Long-term Care Facility Staff Regarding Infection Control for Acute Respiratory Infections and Influenza Vaccination

Saiman, Lisa; Wilmont, Sibyl Shalo; Hill-Ricciuti, Alexandra; Jain, Meaghan; Collins, Emily S.; Ton, Adrienne; Neu, Natalie; Prill, Mila M.; Garg, Shikha; Larson, Elaine; Stone, Nimalie D.; Gerber, Susan I.; Kim, Lindsay

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“…In the case of Colombia, the lack of these policies respond to several situations: no clear guidelines on the matter by the country's official entities, as well as economic reasons among the healthcare personnel since payment might be stopped or diminished because of local social security regulations (16). This sick leave policy and a clear understanding of the role of healthcare workers in virus transmission are important to limit the number of infections in the hospitals both in healthcare workers and in patients.…”

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Citywide preparedness for a pandemic: A crosssectional survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices about respiratory infection prevention in Bogotá, Colombia

2020

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Introduction: Healthcare personnel plays an important role in the prevention of acute respiratory infections in hospital settings.Objective: Our aim was to establish the level of knowledge about respiratory virus infections and the attitudes and practices among healthcare workers, leaders of infection control committees in hospitals of Bogotá, Colombia.Materials and methods: We used a self-administered questionnaire of 28 items during the monthly meeting sponsored by the local health authority. “Yes or no” and “true or false” questions were applied to measure knowledge. Attitudes and practices were measured with a Likert-type scale according to the agreement degree.Results: We surveyed 70 healthcare workers. Respondents demonstrated a good level of knowledge as 80% of them answered correctly more than five questions. A total of 54.4% showed a low degree of agreement when asked if their institutions have the policy to stay home when they are sick with respiratory symptoms and 67.1% never or rarely remain at home under such conditions.Conclusion: Healthcare worker leaders of infection control committees in Bogotá’s hospitals have adequate knowledge about the prevention of seasonal respiratory viruses. There is a need for implementing urgent sick leave policies as a measure to prevent the spread of potential coronavirus infections in hospitals.

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