Nemat Arash, Alsarhan Osama, Raufi Nahid, Al Zein Eva Inam, Kheirallah Khalid A, Mubarak Mohammad Yousuf
Department of Microbiology, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2021 Nov 23;14:4723-4728. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S325013. eCollection 2021.
The inception of the COVID-19 has put health-care workers (HCWs) in a precarious situation across the world. In spite of the challenges in Jordan, the high awareness and preparedness of HCWs made it feasible for the country to control the contagious virus. The study aimed to provide a useful insight into availability of PPE among HCWs in Jordan, which could help the policy/decision-makers of public health to design better programs based on the information reported.
This cross-sectional online survey was conducted during July 2020 for the evaluation of the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) among HCWs in Jordan.
A total of 751 HCWs responded from different parts of the country, who were actively working at different hospitals in Jordan. The majority of the participants (94%) reported having sufficient knowledge about COVID-19 and more than two-thirds of participants (68%) reported that PPE were provided by the Jordanian Ministry of Health. The majority (91%) of participants reported availability of medical face masks, while only 26% reported having facial protective shields.
The study highlighted sufficient availability of PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have caused minimal infection rates among HCWs in Jordan.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）的爆发使世界各地的医护人员处于危险境地。尽管约旦面临诸多挑战，但医护人员的高度意识和准备工作使该国能够控制这种传染性病毒。该研究旨在深入了解约旦医护人员个人防护装备（PPE）的可获得情况，这有助于公共卫生政策/决策者根据所报告的信息设计更好的方案。
2020年7月进行了这项横断面在线调查，以评估约旦医护人员个人防护装备的可获得情况。
共有751名医护人员从该国不同地区回复，他们在约旦的不同医院积极工作。大多数参与者（94%）报告对COVID-19有足够的了解，超过三分之二的参与者（68%）报告个人防护装备由约旦卫生部提供。大多数参与者（91%）报告有医用口罩，而只有26%报告有面部防护盾牌。
该研究强调了在COVID-19大流行期间个人防护装备的充足供应，这可能使约旦医护人员的感染率降至最低。
