Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Personnel of Medical Organizations of Various Profiles in the Provision of Medical Care to Patients with COVID-19-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Personnel of Medical Organizations of Various Profiles in the Provision of Medical Care to Patients with COVID-19

Published:2023-11-11 Issue:5 Volume:22 Page:33-39
ISSN:2619-0494
Container-title:Epidemiology and Vaccinal Prevention
language:
Short-container-title:Epidemiology and Vaccinal Prevention

Author:

Kryukov E. V.¹^ORCID,Maryin G. G.²^ORCID,Kuzin A. A.¹^ORCID,Zobov A. E.¹^ORCID,Nasybullin M. N.³,Zakurdaev V. V.¹,Luchnikov E. A.¹,Medvedeva E. A.⁴^ORCID,Ploskireva A. A.⁵^ORCID,Zykov K. A.⁶^ORCID,Svitich O. A.⁷^ORCID,Nazarov D. A.⁸^ORCID,Volynkov I. O.⁸

Affiliation:

1. S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

2. Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

3. Kama Children's Medical Center

4. Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

5. Central Research Institute of the Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor

6. Research Institute of Pulmonology of FMBA of Russia

7. Scientific Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums named after A.I. I.I. Mechnikov of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

8. Main Military Clinical Hospital named after Academician N.N. Burdenko of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Abstract

Relevance. Violation of the regulations on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by medical workers when providing medical care to patients with COVID-19 (COVID-19) at their workplaces and in other situations requiring PPE is fraught with serious consequences for the health and life of medical personnel and patients. Aims. To assess the impact of violations in the use of PPE on the incidence of COVID-19 of personnel of medical organizations of various profiles, including when providing medical care to patients with COVID-19. Materials and methods. The study used the method of cross-sectional retrospective simultaneous online questionnaire to assess the effectiveness of preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19, conducted from January to March 2022. The results of an anonymous online survey of various categories of personnel of medical, scientific and educational medical organizations of the Russian Federation providing medical care to patients with COVID-19 (n = 6032 people) were analyzed. Results. The study showed the greatest epidemiological significance in the formation of the risk of SARS-COV-2 infection by the irregular use of masks and gloves in the workplace (when providing medical care). The results of the assessment of the strength of the connection of violations in the use of personal protective equipment with infection with SARS-CoV-2 of the studied groups of personnel are presented. It is shown that the irregular wearing of face masks in the workplace when providing medical care has the most pronounced association with the risk of infection of all the factors studied. It is noted that statistically significantly more often the irregular use of masks and gloves in the workplace was allowed by students and nursing staff. Conclusions. The importance of compliance with the regulations for the use of personal protective equipment by medical workers is shown, not only when providing medical care to patients with COVID-19, but also at home, as well as the impact on the incidence of COVID-19 of the irregularity of the use of PPE by medical personnel in various conditions, including when providing medical care to patients with COVID-19.

Publisher

LLC Numicom

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

Reference13 articles.

1. Ovchinnikov P.A., Dvoryanchikov V.V., Yanov Yu.K., et al. A study of the issues of awareness of the personnel of medical organizations of the otorhinolaryngological profile in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Russian otorhinolaryngology. 2022;21(2):51–61. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2022-2-51-61

2. Kuzmenko S.A., Likstanov M.I., Oshlykova A.M., et al. Epidemiological features of the incidence and course of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in medical workers (based on the analysis of data from patients treated in a repurposed infectious diseases hospital). Medicine in Kuzbass. 2020;4:21–24. DOI: 10.24411/2687-0053-2020-10035

3. New coronavirus infection COVID-19: professional aspects of maintaining the health and safety of medical workers: guidelines. Ed.: I.V. Bukhtiyarova, Yu.Yu. Gorblyansky. 2nd ed., revised. and additional M.: AMT, FGBNU «NII MT», 2022. 136 p.

4. Briko N. I., Kagramanyan I. N., Nikiforov V. V., et al. COVID-19 pandemic. Measures to combat its spread in the Russian Federation. Epidemiology and Vaccinal Prevention. 2020;19(2):4–12. https://doi:10.31631/2073-3046-2020-19-2-4-12.

5. Letter from Rospotrebnadzor No. 02/6475-2020-32 dated April 9, 2020 «On the use of personal protective equipment». Available at: http://www.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc&ts=30867814109831460020111622&cacheid=FA3FC30D85E26EF119C6A994BF804C9B0&mode=splus&base=LAW&n=350034&rnd=0.780080248 Retrieved 01/23/2023.