Buowari Dabota Yvonne, Emeribe Nana, Ogbonna Vivian Ifeoma, Esievoadje Evonemo Susan, Odimegwu Chioma, Isokariari Ogechukwu Mary-Anne, Agoyi Mary Oluwakemisola, Emeagui Omoadoni D, Jimoh Aminat Oluwabokola
Department of Accident and Emergency, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Department of Community Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Niger Med J. 2022 Sep 16;63(2):169-175. doi: 10.60787/NMJ-63-2-78. eCollection 2022 Mar-Apr.
Worldwide COVID-19-related mortalities have included healthcare workers in the frontline caring for COVID-19 infected patients. This necessitates the practice of infection prevention and control procedures to protect health professionals from contracting the virus at the workplace. We investigated the knowledge and practice of doctors working in Nigeria regarding infection prevention and control procedures in the workplace.
This is a cross-sectional study of doctors and dentists working in Nigeria using a semi-structured self-administered questionnaire adapted from the World Health Organization "Perception of health workers regarding local infection prevention and control procedures for the Coronavirus Disease 2019" tool. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.
302 doctors participated in this survey. Most were female 195 (64.6%); 80.50% provided direct care to patients; 267 (88.4%) worked in hospitals with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 while 179 (59.3) directly cared for patients with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection. 137 (70.6%) had close contact with confirmed cases of COVID-19. Hand hygiene and gloves were the most common procedure/material available for the prevention of infections for the respondents in the healthcare settings, followed by other types of medical facemasks, N95 respirator masks, eye protection like goggles and disposable aprons.
In 2020, during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors in Nigeria were knowledgeable about infection prevention procedures but do not have access to personal protective equipment.
全球范围内，与COVID-19相关的死亡病例包括在前线护理COVID-19感染患者的医护人员。因此，必须实施感染预防和控制程序，以保护卫生专业人员在工作场所不感染该病毒。我们调查了在尼日利亚工作的医生对工作场所感染预防和控制程序的知识和实践情况。
这是一项针对在尼日利亚工作的医生和牙医的横断面研究，使用了一份根据世界卫生组织“卫生工作者对2019年冠状病毒病当地感染预防和控制程序的认知”工具改编的半结构化自填式问卷。使用SPSS 25版对数据进行分析。
302名医生参与了此次调查。大多数为女性，共195人（64.6%）；80.50%的人直接为患者提供护理；267人（88.4%）在有COVID-19疑似或确诊病例的医院工作，而179人（59.3%）直接护理COVID-19感染的疑似或确诊患者。137人（70.6%）与COVID-19确诊病例有密切接触。手部卫生和手套是医疗环境中受访者预防感染最常用的程序/材料，其次是其他类型的医用口罩、N95呼吸口罩、护目镜等眼部防护用品和一次性围裙。
2020年COVID-19大流行期间，尼日利亚的医生了解感染预防程序，但无法获得个人防护设备。
