Chaka Eshetu E, Mekuria Mulugeta, Melesie Getu
Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Science, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia.
Infect Drug Resist. 2022 Apr 29;15:2315-2323. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S344763. eCollection 2022.
The pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019 has fundamentally changed the physician-patient relationship due to health care workers' being at high risk of getting COVID-19 infection from their patients. Therefore, healthcare workers are a priority to be protected and prevent transmission within a healthcare setting.
To assess the actual and perceived personal safety of healthcare workers practicing in public hospitals.
A descriptive cross-sectional study design was done among 361 health professionals in West Shoa. A simple random sampling technique was used to select representative respondents. Data was collected by a pretested, self-administered questionnaire. The collected data was entered into EPI-Info and exported to STATA for analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to present the data.
A total of 361 healthcare workers responded to the question with a 97% response rate. The median age of the study participants was 29. Of the total participants, access to personal protective equipment was: hand sanitizer 322 (89.2%), disposable gloves 285 (78.9%), face mask 280 (77.6%), KN95 face mask 163 (45.2%) and facial protective shields 112 (31%). One hundred sixty-nine (46.8%) of the study participants reported that their hospital has personal safety policies and procedures. One hundred sixty-one (44%) reported that they perceived no support, while only 35 (9.7%) participants reported that they perceived full support from their hospital. Furthermore, the participants perceived that their local concerned bodies took fewer necessary measurements to defend physical integrity in the workplace (mean 2.86 SD = 3.34).
There are many healthcare workers who have limited access to the majority of essential PPE. The majority of study participants perceived limited support from their health facilities, hospitals and local concerned bodies. Therefore, hospitals and local public health authorities should increase access to PPE to protect healthcare workers.
2019年冠状病毒病大流行从根本上改变了医患关系，因为医护人员面临着从患者那里感染新冠病毒的高风险。因此，医护人员是医疗环境中需要优先保护和防止传播的对象。
评估在公立医院工作的医护人员实际和感知到的个人安全情况。
在西绍阿对361名卫生专业人员进行了描述性横断面研究设计。采用简单随机抽样技术选择有代表性的受访者。通过预先测试的自填问卷收集数据。收集到的数据录入EPI-Info并导出到STATA进行分析。使用描述性统计来呈现数据。
共有361名医护人员回答了问题，回复率为97%。研究参与者的中位年龄为29岁。在所有参与者中，个人防护装备的配备情况如下：洗手液322人（89.2%）、一次性手套285人（78.9%）、口罩280人（77.6%）、KN95口罩163人（45.2%）和面部防护盾牌112人（31%）。169名（46.8%）研究参与者报告称他们的医院有个人安全政策和程序。161名（44%）报告称他们感觉没有得到支持，而只有35名（9.7%）参与者报告称他们感觉得到了医院的全力支持。此外，参与者认为当地相关机构在维护工作场所人身安全方面采取的必要措施较少（均值2.86，标准差=3.34）。
许多医护人员获得大多数基本个人防护装备的机会有限。大多数研究参与者感觉他们从医疗机构、医院和当地相关机构获得的支持有限。因此，医院和当地公共卫生当局应增加个人防护装备的供应，以保护医护人员。
