Sharma Sugandhi, Mohindra Ritin, Rana Kirtan, Suri Vikas, Bhalla Ashish, Biswal Manisha, Singh Mini P, Goyal Kapil, Lakshmi Pinnaka Venkata Maha
PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec;12:21501327211002099. doi: 10.1177/21501327211002099.
Health care workers (HCWs) are at the forefront to fight against COVID-19 pandemic. They are at more risk of contracting the infection. This study was planned to assess potential risk factors of 2019-novel coronavirus infection among HCWs working in a health facility and to evaluate the effectiveness of infection prevention and control measures among them.
A study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital among HCWs who were directly or indirectly involved in the management of a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19. The socio-demographic characteristics, history of exposure, IPC measures followed and clinical symptoms were compared between health care workers in COVID and non-COVID areas.
Majority (45%) of HCWs were nurses, followed by hospital/sanitary/technical attendants (30%) and doctors (24%). Out of a total of 256 HCWs, 2% tested positive. Around 80% of HCWs had ever attended any IPC training. A statistically significant association was found between posting area of HCWs and their exposure to COVID patients (duration of exposure, PPE has worn by HCWs, direct contact of HCWs with the patient's material) and COVID positivity ( value <.001).
If health care workers were trained and take adequate precautions then the risk of getting an infection is minimized.
医护人员处于抗击新冠疫情的前沿。他们感染的风险更高。本研究旨在评估在医疗机构工作的医护人员感染2019新型冠状病毒的潜在风险因素，并评估他们之中感染预防与控制措施的有效性。
在一家三级护理医院对直接或间接参与新冠确诊或疑似病例管理的医护人员开展了一项研究。对新冠病区和非新冠病区的医护人员的社会人口学特征、接触史、采取的感染预防与控制措施以及临床症状进行了比较。
大多数（45%）医护人员为护士，其次是医院/卫生/技术护理员（30%）和医生（24%）。在总共256名医护人员中，2%检测呈阳性。约80%的医护人员曾参加过任何感染预防与控制培训。发现医护人员的工作区域与其接触新冠患者情况（接触时长、医护人员佩戴的个人防护装备、医护人员与患者物品的直接接触）以及新冠检测阳性之间存在统计学显著关联（值<.001）。
如果医护人员接受培训并采取充分的预防措施，那么感染风险将降至最低。
