Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The status of work-related COVID-19 prevention measures and risk factors in hospitals. |
| Authors: |
Dehghan, Golnoush1, Malekpour, Fatemeh2, Jafari-Koshki, Tohid3, Mohammadian, Yousef1 Mohammadiany@tbzmed.ac.ir, Rostami, Hossein4,5 |
| Source: |
Work. 2024, Vol. 77 Issue 2, p445-453. 9p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Hospitals, *Research, *Nonparametric statistics, *COVID-19, *Industrial safety, *Risk assessment, *Descriptive statistics, *Research funding, *Industrial hygiene, Occupational disease risk factors, Occupational disease prevention, Military hospitals, Kruskal-Wallis Test, Research evaluation, Cross-sectional method, Research methodology, Comparative studies, Public hospitals, Proprietary hospitals, Data analysis software, Ventilation |
| Geographic Terms: |
Iran |
| Company/Entity: |
World Health Organization , National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health , United States. Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| Abstract: |
BACKGROUND: Health care workers (HCWs) in hospitals are at risk of infection with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Prevention measures are necessary to protect HCWs against COVID-19. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the status of occupational risk factors and prevention measures for COVID-19 in hospitals. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Iranian hospitals. Based on the results of reviewing the literature and guidelines, two checklists on occupational risk factors and prevention measures for COVID-19 in hospitals were designed and validated. The status of occupational risk factors and prevention measures against COVID-19 in governmental, non-governmental public, private, and military hospitals were determined using designed checklists. RESULTS: Results confirmed the validity of checklists for assessing the status of COVID-19 prevention measures in hospitals. The military hospitals had the lowest mean risk factors compared to other hospitals, but there was no significant difference in occupational risk factors of infection with COVID-19 among governmental, non-governmental public, private, and military hospitals (P-value > 0.05). In the checklist of occupational risk factors of Covid-19, the type of hospital had a significant relationship with the provision and use of personal protective equipment (P-value<0.05). The mean of implementation of prevention measures among all hospitals were not statistically significant difference (P-value > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The provided checklists could be a suitable tool for monitoring of status of prevention measures for COVID-19 in hospitals. Improving ventilation systems is necessary in most of the hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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