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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
卷 149, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268821000017
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Coronavirus; COVID-19; health care workers; infection prevention and control; Nigeria
The study found that factors contributing to increased COVID-19 infection among HCWs in Nigeria included poor knowledge of IPC measures for COVID-19, inadequate supply of PPE, poor political will and inadequate health facilities management support. To reduce the risk for COVID-19 infection among HCWs, improved political will and better involvement of health facilities management teams in infection prevention and control systems are needed, along with scale-up training on IPC measures and the development of effective points of care risk assessment.
Health care workers (HCWs) are vulnerable to the risk of infections and could become vectors of onward transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Little is known about the factors which could contribute to increased COVID-19 infection among HCWs in Nigeria. We aimed at assessing the causes of COVID-19 infection among HCWs. We used a qualitative study design to conduct in-depth interview among 16 frontline HCWs participating in the COVID-19 response in Kwara State, Nigeria. Colaizzi's phenomenological method was used in the qualitative analysis of data. We found that HCWs were aware of their vulnerability to the COVID-19 infection, and the reasons attributed included poor knowledge of IPC measures for COVID-19, inadequate supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), poor political will and inadequate health facilities (HFs) management support. Improved political will and better involvement of HFs management teams in infection prevention and control (IPC) systems are needed to reduce the risk for COVID-19 infection among HCWs. We recommend scale-up training on IPC measures particularly hand washing and use of PPE as well as the development of effective points of care risk assessment with a high index of suspicion in HFs.
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