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Date Published: 17/10/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v519i1.3542
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Vol. 519 No. 1 (2022)
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Ngọc Sao, N. ., Viết Long, Đỗ ., Phúc Phóng, N. ., & Thị Thu Hiền, N. . (2022). CURRENT SITUATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION AND HAND HYGIENE PRACTICE AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND SUPPORTING STAFF INVOLVED IN TREATMENT FOR SUSPECTED COVID -19 PATIENTS. Vietnam Medical Journal, 519(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v519i1.3542

CURRENT SITUATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION AND HAND HYGIENE PRACTICE AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND SUPPORTING STAFF INVOLVED IN TREATMENT FOR SUSPECTED COVID -19 PATIENTS

Nguyễn Ngọc Sao1,, Đỗ Viết Long1, Nguyễn Phúc Phóng1, Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền1
1 Vinmec Times City International Hospital

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Objective: Assess the current situation of using personal protective equipment and hand hygiene of staff in medical examination and treatment of patients with suspected Covid-19, and at the same time learn some factors related to compliance with use personal protective equipment and hand hygiene of staff in medical examination and treatment of patients with suspected Covid-19. Subjects and research methods: The study was conducted by descriptive and observational method with cross-sectional design over 95 staff participated in medical examination and treatment of patients with suspected covid -19. Research results: The rate of full compliance with the steps of wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is 80%, compliance removal of PPE was 94.8%. The percentage of staff who correctly and fully complied with 7 steps of hand hygiene was 90.5%, and the rate of compliance with hand hygiene before and after removing gloves also reached 98.9% in both hand hygiene opportunities. The overall compliance rate (compliance with putting on and taking off PPE and proper - sufficient hand hygiene) was good in the group of staff with university and post-graduate education (86.1%), the group of seniors working over 5 years (80.8%), the age group over 35 years old (88.0%). The factors related to the general compliance are education level (OR = 8.06, 95%CI 2.79 – 22.29, p<0.001), working seniority (OR = 2.92, 95). %CI 1.04 – 8.18, p=0.042), age group (OR = 4.45, 95%CI 1.57 – 12.65, p=0.005).

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Covid-19, Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), Healthcare workers, Hand hygiene

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