Medical Education Unit, Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia; University of Queensland Rural Clinical School, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia.
Medical Education Unit, Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia; University of Queensland Rural Clinical School, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, 4350, Australia.
Infect Dis Health. 2021 Nov;26(4):273-275. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2021.06.002. Epub 2021 Jun 22.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance is important to reduce the rate of transmission of virulent pathogens to health care workers. Medical officer compliance with PPE protocol for COVID-19 was audited in a regional hospital in Australia early in the pandemic response.
Compliance was assessed based on the order and technique of donning and doffing PPE, with medical officers from multiple departments and levels of seniority audited.
Average compliance from all participants was 58.61% with donning and 68.84% with doffing.
Medical Officer compliance with PPE donning and doffing was poor and additional training was required.
个人防护设备 (PPE) 的合规性对于降低烈性病原体向医护人员传播的速度非常重要。在大流行早期,澳大利亚一家地区医院对医务人员遵守 COVID-19 个人防护装备协议的情况进行了审核。
合规性评估基于穿戴和脱下 PPE 的顺序和技术,对来自多个部门和不同职级的医务人员进行了审核。
所有参与者的平均穿戴合规率为 58.61%,脱卸合规率为 68.84%。
医务人员在穿戴和脱下个人防护装备方面的合规性较差,需要额外的培训。