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Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
INTRODUCTION: Healthcare workers are always at the risk of exposure to different diseases like respiratory illness including COVID-19. Using appropriate face mask or respiratory protective equipment correctly can prevent transmission of diseases from and to healthcare workers while caring for patien...
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Journal of the Nepal Medical Association
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34508538 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5500 |
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author | Sipai, Sani Giri, Bishnu Rath Sapkota, Sudhir Chapagain, Ram Hari Manandhar, Santosh Subedi, Sudip Chandra Dahal, Binod |
author_facet | Sipai, Sani Giri, Bishnu Rath Sapkota, Sudhir Chapagain, Ram Hari Manandhar, Santosh Subedi, Sudip Chandra Dahal, Binod |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Healthcare workers are always at the risk of exposure to different diseases like respiratory illness including COVID-19. Using appropriate face mask or respiratory protective equipment correctly can prevent transmission of diseases from and to healthcare workers while caring for patients. The study aimed to find out the practice regarding use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care center. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital during June-July 2020 after receiving ethical approval from the review committee regarding practice of use of face masks. Convenience sampling method was used and a sample size of 162 was taken. Descriptive statistical analysis was done. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. RESULTS: Among 162 participants, 123 (75.9%) knew the correct way of using the masks (72.5-79.3 at 95% Confidence Interval). CONCLUSIONS: In this study regarding practice of use of face masks, most of the healthcare workers knew the correct way of using masks and practised hygiene before and after using masks. |
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spelling | pubmed-83695782021-08-26 Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Sipai, Sani Giri, Bishnu Rath Sapkota, Sudhir Chapagain, Ram Hari Manandhar, Santosh Subedi, Sudip Chandra Dahal, Binod JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Original Article INTRODUCTION: Healthcare workers are always at the risk of exposure to different diseases like respiratory illness including COVID-19. Using appropriate face mask or respiratory protective equipment correctly can prevent transmission of diseases from and to healthcare workers while caring for patients. The study aimed to find out the practice regarding use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care center. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital during June-July 2020 after receiving ethical approval from the review committee regarding practice of use of face masks. Convenience sampling method was used and a sample size of 162 was taken. Descriptive statistical analysis was done. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. RESULTS: Among 162 participants, 123 (75.9%) knew the correct way of using the masks (72.5-79.3 at 95% Confidence Interval). CONCLUSIONS: In this study regarding practice of use of face masks, most of the healthcare workers knew the correct way of using masks and practised hygiene before and after using masks. Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2021-04 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8369578/ /pubmed/34508538 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5500 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sipai, Sani Giri, Bishnu Rath Sapkota, Sudhir Chapagain, Ram Hari Manandhar, Santosh Subedi, Sudip Chandra Dahal, Binod Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title | Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_full | Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_short | Practice among Healthcare Workers Regarding the Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment during COVID-19 Pandemic in a Tertiary Care Center: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study |
title_sort | practice among healthcare workers regarding the use of respiratory protective equipment during covid-19 pandemic in a tertiary care center: a descriptive cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8369578/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34508538 http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5500 |
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