Compliance with using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the incident of COVID 19 in health workers
Department of Public Health, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(01), 685–689
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.1.1098
Publication history:
Received on 14 September 2022; revised on 19 October 2022; accepted on 22 October 2022
Abstract:
The number of confirmed cases and deaths due to COVID-19 among health workers is increasing. Health workers have a high risk of being exposed to Covid-19 infection, so compliance with the use of PPE must be considered. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the level of compliance using PPE on the incidence of Covid 19 in health workers. This type of analytic research with a cross-sectional design, the population is 43 health workers, and the sampling technique uses saturated sampling. Methods of collecting data through interviews, observation, and documentation, data analysis using the chi-square test. The results showed that respondents who did not comply with using PPE were mostly confirmed positive for Covid 19 as many as 14 (73.7%) and respondents who complied using PPE were mostly not confirmed positive for Covid 19 as many as 15 (62.5%). There is an effect of the level of compliance using PPE on the incidence of Covid 19 in health workers (P value, 0.040). There should be SOPs for using PPE, policies, and sanctions for the use of PPE, simulation or training in the application of PPE, availability of PPE in good and complete condition, and continuous supervision of compliance with using PPE.
Keywords:
PPE; Incidence; Covid 19; Health workers
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