Risk of “On Job Non Compliance” towards Various COVID-19 Standard &Transmission Based Infection Prevention &Control Measures/Precautions among the Healthcare Workers Working in OPD Settings of Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals of Quetta Balochistan (Prospective Cohort Study)  

作　　者：Muhammad Arif Muhammad Abdullah Abid Saeed Ambreen Chaudhary Zakir Hussain Ayesha Babar Kawish Mir Abdul Qadir Sheikh Ahmed Saher Sultan Zubair Ahmed Khoso Zahra Gauhar Tahira Kamal Ehsan Larik Muhammad Arif;Muhammad Abdullah;Abid Saeed;Ambreen Chaudhary;Zakir Hussain;Ayesha Babar Kawish;Mir Abdul Qadir;Sheikh Ahmed;Saher Sultan;Zubair Ahmed Khoso;Zahra Gauhar;Tahira Kamal;Ehsan Larik(Department of Health, FELTP Pakistan, Quetta, Pakistan;Department of Health, WHO, Quetta, Pakistan;Department of Health, FELTP Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan;Department of Health, PIO, Rawalpindi, Pakistan;Department of Health, IPH Quetta, Quetta, Pakistan;Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry, AMC, NUMS, Rawalpindi, Pakistan;Department of Health, BMC, Quetta, Pakistan;Department of Health, DG Health Office, Quetta, Pakistan)

机构地区：[1]Department of Health, FELTP Pakistan, Quetta, Pakistan [2]Department of Health, WHO, Quetta, Pakistan [3]Department of Health, FELTP Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan [4]Department of Health, PIO, Rawalpindi, Pakistan [5]Department of Health, IPH Quetta, Quetta, Pakistan [6]Department of Community & Preventive Dentistry, AMC, NUMS, Rawalpindi, Pakistan [7]Department of Health, BMC, Quetta, Pakistan [8]Department of Health, DG Health Office, Quetta, Pakistan

出　　处：《Open Journal of Epidemiology》2021年第4期390-401,共12页流行病学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：<strong>Background:</strong> COVID-19 Pandemic is still circulating within the human population and proving to be a deadlier disease with a mortality rate ranging from 0.5% to 7%. Since COVID-19 is a highly transmissible disease;there is always a probability for its outward spread towards the general public and community from the hospitals and healthcare facilities where they come to seek treatment. <strong>Methodology:</strong> A prospective cohort study design was used, considering the limited available resources and time—a total of 200 healthcare workers (including doctors, nurses, para-medical staff, janitorial staff, reception staff & pharmacists) working in the OPDs of the two major public sector hospitals of Quetta were made part of this study. The study participants were selected using a simple random sampling technique and selection was made from the daily attendance register. The study participants from “Hospital-A” were first of all educated and trained on various COVID-19 IPC measures later on various COVID-19-IEC materials;written in simple Urdu language, were displayed clearly everywhere in the OPD. Similarly, handwashing stations along with hand sanitizers/soaps and surgical face masks were also made available free of cost for all the study participants of Hospital-A. Moreover the importance and effectiveness of COVID-19 IPC measures were continuously announced in the OPD gallery of Hospital-A, these announcements used simple wording in local languages (<em>i.e.</em>, Urdu, Pashto, Balochi and Brahvi). On the other hand, in the OPD of “Hospital-B”, no such interventions were made. The study participants of both the hospitals were followed for one month and observations like which group showed more on-job noncompliance towards various COVID-19 IPC measures were recorded. The data was recorded on daily basis (from 1^st May-to-31^st May 2021) after observing the study participants for compliance towards using face masks, face shields, personal protective gowns, gloves, ha<strong>Background:</strong> COVID-19 Pandemic is still circulating within the human population and proving to be a deadlier disease with a mortality rate ranging from 0.5% to 7%. Since COVID-19 is a highly transmissible disease;there is always a probability for its outward spread towards the general public and community from the hospitals and healthcare facilities where they come to seek treatment. <strong>Methodology:</strong> A prospective cohort study design was used, considering the limited available resources and time—a total of 200 healthcare workers (including doctors, nurses, para-medical staff, janitorial staff, reception staff & pharmacists) working in the OPDs of the two major public sector hospitals of Quetta were made part of this study. The study participants were selected using a simple random sampling technique and selection was made from the daily attendance register. The study participants from “Hospital-A” were first of all educated and trained on various COVID-19 IPC measures later on various COVID-19-IEC materials;written in simple Urdu language, were displayed clearly everywhere in the OPD. Similarly, handwashing stations along with hand sanitizers/soaps and surgical face masks were also made available free of cost for all the study participants of Hospital-A. Moreover the importance and effectiveness of COVID-19 IPC measures were continuously announced in the OPD gallery of Hospital-A, these announcements used simple wording in local languages (<em>i.e.</em>, Urdu, Pashto, Balochi and Brahvi). On the other hand, in the OPD of “Hospital-B”, no such interventions were made. The study participants of both the hospitals were followed for one month and observations like which group showed more on-job noncompliance towards various COVID-19 IPC measures were recorded. The data was recorded on daily basis (from 1^st May-to-31^st May 2021) after observing the study participants for compliance towards using face masks, face shields, personal protective gowns, gloves, ha

关 键 词：COVID-19 IPC Measures IEC & BCC Materials 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]