Abstract
Background:
Fever clinics were established across the country for screening of patients suggestive of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). The doctors posted in these clinics were provided with personal protective equipment (PPE) for their protection. Improper use of these equipment may result in infection.
Objectives:
The objective is to assess the awareness of doctors posted at fever clinic regarding donning and doffing of PPE.
Materials and Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out from May to June 2020 on doctors posted at the fever clinic of Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, Kolkata by census method using a predesigned, pretested structured questionnaire (Google form). Statistical analysis was done with the help of appropriate statistical software.
Results:
None of the doctors working in the fever clinic had adequate knowledge regarding steps of donning and doffing of PPE while 77.4% doctors did not know the correct steps of maintaining hand hygiene. Still the percentage of participants with satisfactory knowledge and satisfactory attitude regarding PPE was 84.9% and 62.3%, respectively.
Conclusions:
This study suggests that there is a need for active training of the study population in order to effectively protect them from COVID-19.
Recommended Citation
Mishra, Ankita; Shukla, Vineeta; Saha, Ripan; Ray, Kuntala; Misra, Raghunath; and Basu, Mausumi
(2021)
"Awareness about donning and doffing of personal protective equipment among doctors working in a fever clinic of West Bengal,"
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU: Vol. 14:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_269_20
Available at:
https://kleijhsbr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol14/iss1/9
Pages
53
Last Page
59
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