Health Care Workers Compliance with Preventive Measures for Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units
Aly Mohammed, M., Aly Mahgoub, A., Abd El-Aziz, M., Abd Elaziem Ahmed, M. (2021). Health Care Workers Compliance with Preventive Measures for Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units. EKB Journal Management System, 12(1), 1317-1326. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.197884
Mona Aly Mohammed; Asmaa Aly Mahgoub; Marzoka Abd El-Aziz; Mona Abd Elaziem Ahmed. "Health Care Workers Compliance with Preventive Measures for Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units". EKB Journal Management System, 12, 1, 2021, 1317-1326. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.197884
Aly Mohammed, M., Aly Mahgoub, A., Abd El-Aziz, M., Abd Elaziem Ahmed, M. (2021). 'Health Care Workers Compliance with Preventive Measures for Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units', EKB Journal Management System, 12(1), pp. 1317-1326. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.197884
Aly Mohammed, M., Aly Mahgoub, A., Abd El-Aziz, M., Abd Elaziem Ahmed, M. Health Care Workers Compliance with Preventive Measures for Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units. EKB Journal Management System, 2021; 12(1): 1317-1326. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.197884

Health Care Workers Compliance with Preventive Measures for Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 78, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Page 1317-1326  XML PDF (429.46 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.197884
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Authors
Mona Aly Mohammed1; Asmaa Aly Mahgoub1; Marzoka Abd El-Aziz2; Mona Abd Elaziem Ahmed2
1Assistant professor of critical care and emergency Nursing department Faculty of nursing Assuit University, Egypt
2Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Healthcare workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 intervention. Unfortunately,
due to highly infected patients with novelty of the virus and the unequipped of hospital to deal with
the sudden influx of situations. Aim: to describes the health care workers compliance with
preventive measures for covid-19 in ICUs. Setting: The study was carried out on intensive care
units (trauma=19, chest=15, general =12, post-operative=12 obstetric=22 ICUs). All health care
workers received a cumulative training of standard and additional precautions at health care facility.
Method: A prospective cross-sectional study design was conducted among 80 HCWs with COVID-
19 infection at Assuit University Hospitals within one year. Two tools were utilized to collect data;
Each participant was contacted individually by the researchers; the questionnaire was distributed to
the participants. Data were collected using a self-administered, valid, structured questionnaire.
Results: The high percent of healthcare workers (82.5%) always use alcohol-based hand rub or soap < /div>
and water after touching a patient, (70%) follow recommended hand hygiene practices, (91.3%) had
cough and 68 (85 %) had sore throat. Conclusion and Recommendations: The incidence of
infection increase, while HCWs followed infection prevention and control measures. Thus vaccinate
all health care workers are recommended. In addition, high-risk HCWs could be assigned duties
away.
Keywords
Health care workers; prevention measures & COVID 19
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