Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Perú.
Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Perú.
Midwifery. 2023 Mar;118:103583. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103583. Epub 2022 Dec 27.
To report the details of provision of personal protective equipment to midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru METHODS: This is a non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study. An online survey of 679 midwives working at public healthcare centres was conducted via questionnaires. The following aspects were outlined: method of supply and frequency of delivery of personal protective equipment, type of personal protective equipment provided by the institution, and self-purchase. Furthermore, features of the midwives' workplace were described. For statistical analysis, absolute frequencies and relative proportions were used for categorical variables, and mean and standard deviation were used for numerical variables.
The most important finding of this study is that a large proportion of midwives (66.6%) did not receive new personal protective equipment for each shift; 41.9% of midwives who received personal protective equipment during each shift exclusively provided services in the COVID-19 ward, whereas 27.6% did not. The least received supplies were of N95 respirator masks (41.7%) and disposable isolation suit gown (50.5%). Only a certain proportion of midwives (38.6%) were trained by their own institutions on the use of personal protective equipment.
The provision of personal protective equipment to midwives and training on personal protective equipment were insufficient at all workplaces. Therefore, measures must be taken to increase the supply of this material to midwives who are essential workers in reproductive health.
报告 COVID-19 大流行期间秘鲁向助产士提供个人防护设备的详细情况。
这是一项非实验性、描述性、横断面研究。通过问卷对在公共医疗中心工作的 679 名助产士进行了在线调查。概述了以下方面：个人防护设备的供应方法和交付频率、机构提供的个人防护设备的类型以及自行购买情况。此外，还描述了助产士工作场所的特点。对于统计分析，使用绝对频率和相对比例表示分类变量，使用平均值和标准差表示数值变量。
本研究最重要的发现是，很大比例的助产士（66.6%）没有为每个班次提供新的个人防护设备；在每个班次都收到个人防护设备的助产士中，有 41.9%仅在 COVID-19 病房提供服务，而有 27.6%的助产士则没有。最缺乏的供应品是 N95 呼吸器口罩（41.7%）和一次性隔离服长袍（50.5%）。只有一定比例的助产士（38.6%）接受过所在机构关于个人防护设备使用的培训。
所有工作场所都存在向助产士提供个人防护设备和培训不足的问题。因此，必须采取措施增加向生殖健康的基本工作人员提供这种材料。
