Education of Healthcare Personnel Working with Pediatric Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic within the Framework of Infection Control

Autor: Gülsüm Alkan, Deniz Çakır, Zafer Kurugöl, Hacer Aktürk, Bahadir Yazicioglu, Mehmet Turgut, Hasan Tezer, Soner Sertan Kara, Tuğçe Tural Kara, Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli Aydın, Kadir Efe, Fatma Deniz Aygün, Adem Karbuz, Yasemin Akın, Didem Kizmaz Işançli, Emine Hafize Erdeniz, Hatice Uygun, Sertac Arslanoglu, Habibe Selver Durmuş, Melike Emiroglu, Hazal Helin Doğan, Yıldız Ekemen Keleş, Özge Kaba, Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Burcugül Karasulu, Mehpare Sarı Yanartaş, Mustafa Hacimustafaoglu, Tuğba Üstün, Omer Kilic, Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan, Dicle Şener Okur, Gülşen Akkoç, Murat Elevli, Semra Şen, Ateş Kara, Sadiye Kubra Tuter Oz, Selda Hançerli Törün, Hüsnü Fahri Ovalı, Benhur Şirvan Çetin, Musa Gürel Kukul, Lida Bülbül, Ayper Somer, Edanur Yeşil, İrem Yenidoğan, Emel Çelebi, Burcu Parıltan Küçükalioğlu, Murat Sütçü, Nevin Hatipoğlu, Ayşe Büyükcam, Gülhadiye Avcu, Aysun Yahşi, Zümrüt Şahbudak Bal, Sinem Oral Cebeci, Sevliya Öcal Demir, Pembe Derin Oygar, Şerife Bahtiyar Oğuz, Halil Hatipoğlu, Aslıhan Şahin, Emine Ergül Sarı, Tuğba Erat, Ferda Ozkinay, Habip Almiş, Başak Yıldız Atikan, Gökhan Akkuş, Ali Bülent Cengiz, Enes Sali, Sefika Elmas Bozdemir, Asuman Demirbuğa, Ceren Çetin, Doruk Gül, Yalçın Kara, Taha Özçelik, Seher Tekeli, Solmaz Celebi, Ayşe Karaarslan, Nazan Dalgic, Sadık Sami Hatipoğlu, İlyas Tolga Erkum, Sibel Laçinel Gürlevik, Melis Bilen, Belma Yaşar, Cansu Turan, Arife Özer, Gizem Guner
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Pediatric Infection. 54:175-180
ISSN: 1307-1068
Popis: Objective: In the early stages of any epidemic caused by new emerging pathogens healthcare personnel is subject to a great risk. Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, proved to be no exception. Many healthcare workers died in the early stages of pandemic due to inadequate precautions and insufficient protection. It is essential to protect and maintain the safety of healthcare personnel for the confinement of pandemic as well as continuity of qualified healthcare services which is already under strain. Educating healthcare personnel on appropiate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is as essential as procuring them. Material and Methods: A survey is conducted on 4927 healthcare personnel working solely with pediatric patients from 32 different centers. Education given on PPE usage were questioned and analyzed depending on age, sex, occupation and region. Results: Among four thousand nine hundred twelve healthcare personnel from 32 different centers 91% (n= 4457) received education on PPE usage. Of those who received education only 36% was given both theoretical and applied education. Although there was no differences among different occupation groups, receiving education depended on regions. Conclusion: It is essential to educate healthcare personnel appropiately nationwidely for the continuity of qualified healthcare services during the pandemic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE