AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Objective: To assess the awareness of personal protective equipment usage, among health care providers. Study Design: Cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care hospitals across Pakistan, from 1st May 2020 to 25th May 2020 by convenient sampling method. Methodology: A total o...

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Autores principales:	Sanum Kashif, Erum Pervaiz, Faisal Azam, Tahira Waqar, Ayesha Babar, Ambreen Gul
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	awareness covid-19 donning and doffing health care providers personal protective equipment Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1034e2c1ff604b4b8bf42ee43d34178f2021-12-02T14:54:29ZAWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/1034e2c1ff604b4b8bf42ee43d34178f2020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5243https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To assess the awareness of personal protective equipment usage, among health care providers. Study Design: Cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care hospitals across Pakistan, from 1st May 2020 to 25th May 2020 by convenient sampling method. Methodology: A total of 74 responders from different health care setups completed a questionnaire-based survey on the knowledge and practice regarding personal protective equipment usage among healthcare providers. The questionnaire was designed by the help of central disease control (CDC) guidelines and its reliability and validity check by SPSS. Convenient sampling was used for data collection and frequencies and percentages were used to present distribution of responses. WHO sample size calculator (2.2a for population proportions) was used for sample size calculation from previous study23. Data was tabulated in excel and SPSS 17 was used for Descriptive Statistics. Results: The overall awareness among healthcare providers about personal protective equipment use in COVID-19 was not satisfactory with 40.5% reported correct answers. About 54 (75%) of responders had been in contact with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients. Regarding kind of personal protective equipment use, 41 (58.6%) knew the correct sequence of donning as per central disease control guidelines and only 21(30%) knew the correct sequence of doffing. Conclusion: The current survey concluded that although majority of responders had fair knowledge regarding COVID-19, yet many knowledge gaps were there, regarding proper donning and doffing technique of personal protective equipment. Therefore continuous health education and training programs according to the recent guidelines by CDC and WHO, at all health care levels, regarding judicious use of personal protective equipment in COVID-19 is required.Sanum KashifErum PervaizFaisal AzamTahira WaqarAyesha BabarAmbreen GulArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticleawarenesscovid-19donning and doffinghealth care providerspersonal protective equipmentMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 2, Pp 518-522 (2020)
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spellingShingle	awareness covid-19 donning and doffing health care providers personal protective equipment Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Sanum Kashif Erum Pervaiz Faisal Azam Tahira Waqar Ayesha Babar Ambreen Gul AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
description	Objective: To assess the awareness of personal protective equipment usage, among health care providers. Study Design: Cross sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care hospitals across Pakistan, from 1st May 2020 to 25th May 2020 by convenient sampling method. Methodology: A total of 74 responders from different health care setups completed a questionnaire-based survey on the knowledge and practice regarding personal protective equipment usage among healthcare providers. The questionnaire was designed by the help of central disease control (CDC) guidelines and its reliability and validity check by SPSS. Convenient sampling was used for data collection and frequencies and percentages were used to present distribution of responses. WHO sample size calculator (2.2a for population proportions) was used for sample size calculation from previous study23. Data was tabulated in excel and SPSS 17 was used for Descriptive Statistics. Results: The overall awareness among healthcare providers about personal protective equipment use in COVID-19 was not satisfactory with 40.5% reported correct answers. About 54 (75%) of responders had been in contact with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients. Regarding kind of personal protective equipment use, 41 (58.6%) knew the correct sequence of donning as per central disease control guidelines and only 21(30%) knew the correct sequence of doffing. Conclusion: The current survey concluded that although majority of responders had fair knowledge regarding COVID-19, yet many knowledge gaps were there, regarding proper donning and doffing technique of personal protective equipment. Therefore continuous health education and training programs according to the recent guidelines by CDC and WHO, at all health care levels, regarding judicious use of personal protective equipment in COVID-19 is required.
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author_facet	Sanum Kashif Erum Pervaiz Faisal Azam Tahira Waqar Ayesha Babar Ambreen Gul
author_sort	Sanum Kashif
title	AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_short	AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full	AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_fullStr	AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full_unstemmed	AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_sort	awareness regarding personal protective equipment use among health care providers in various tertiary hospitals across pakistan during covid-19 pandemic
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/1034e2c1ff604b4b8bf42ee43d34178f
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AWARENESS REGARDING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT USE AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN VARIOUS TERTIARY HOSPITALS ACROSS PAKISTAN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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