Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt 19117, Jordan.
Department of Radiological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Tabuk University, Tabuk 47713, Saudi Arabia.
Med Sci (Basel). 2021 Mar 16;9(1):18. doi: 10.3390/medsci9010018.
Due to the contagious nature of the COVID-19 virus, healthcare workers are at a great risk of infection. Since medical imaging plays a significant part in the healthcare system and is often used in the diagnosis of potential COVID-19 patients, the radiology personnel are at a very high risk of becoming infected.
This study aims to assess the enforcement of infection control guidelines for patients with COVID-19 during medical imaging procedures and raise awareness of infection control in different hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
A total of 128 responses were collected from four hospitals across Saudi Arabia using a new structured questionnaire, which was created for health workers by the WHO specifically for this purpose. Data were collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.
Most participants correctly followed the guidelines of the WHO and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on infection control in the X-ray and general radiology departments. Guideline awareness was higher among magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerised tomography (CT) radiographers, which reduced the risk of future infections. Out of the total respondents, 98.4% stated that they had received formal training in hand hygiene. Only 40.6% of participants, however, knew that respiratory droplets are the primary mode of transmission of the virus from person to person.
The knowledge of healthcare professionals in the radiology department regarding infection control needs to be continually assessed. A focus on educational interventions on infection control is required in order to maintain well-informed medical staff.
由于 COVID-19 病毒具有传染性，医护人员感染的风险很大。由于医学影像在医疗保健系统中起着重要作用，并且经常用于诊断潜在的 COVID-19 患者，因此放射科人员感染的风险非常高。
本研究旨在评估在 COVID-19 患者进行医学影像检查过程中感染控制指南的执行情况，并提高沙特阿拉伯不同医院对感染控制的认识。
在 2020 年 4 月 COVID-19 大流行期间，使用世界卫生组织（WHO）专为卫生工作者设计的新结构化问卷，从沙特阿拉伯的四家医院共收集了 128 份回复。
大多数参与者正确遵循了世界卫生组织和疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）在 X 射线和普通放射科部门的感染控制指南。磁共振成像（MRI）和计算机断层扫描（CT）放射技师对指南的认识较高，从而降低了未来感染的风险。在总受访者中，98.4%表示他们已经接受了手部卫生的正式培训。然而，只有 40.6%的参与者知道呼吸道飞沫是人与人之间传播病毒的主要方式。
需要不断评估放射科医护人员对感染控制的知识。需要重点进行感染控制教育干预，以保持医学知识丰富的医护人员。
