From: Capacity development and safety measures for health care workers exposed to COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Safety measure indicators | n | Percent |
---|---|---|
Do you agree that your hospital has a sufficient supply of PPE? | ||
Strongly agree | 56 | 6.9 |
Agree | 384 | 47.3 |
Disagree | 286 | 35.3 |
Strongly disagree | 85 | 10.5 |
Do all health care staff receive PPE? | ||
Yes | 402 | 49.6 |
No | 409 | 50.4 |
When do you currently change your PPE? | ||
After attending a patient | 119 | 14.7 |
After every roster | 446 | 85.3 |
Where do you live now? | ||
At my residence, but in a separate room | 274 | 33.8 |
At government/authority-designated accommodation | 259 | 31.9 |
With family | 278 | 34.3 |
What do you do immediately when you return from hospital duty to your accommodation/residence? | ||
Wash hands | 49 | 6.0 |
Take a shower | 84 | 10.4 |
Both | 675 | 83.2 |
None | 3 | 0.4 |
Duty roster | ||
Every day | 270 | 33.3 |
7 days | 322 | 39.7 |
10 days | 184 | 22.7 |
14 days | 35 | 4.3 |
After completion of your scheduled duty shift, do you undergo institutional quarantine for 14 days? | ||
Yes | 286 | 35.3 |
No | 397 | 49.0 |
Yes, but less than 14 days | 128 | 15.7 |
When do you test for SARS-CoV-2?a | ||
At the start of your duty | 31 | 3.8 |
When you are on duty | 50 | 6.2 |
After completion of your duty | 283 | 34.9 |
Do not test for SARS-CoV-2 | 484 | 59.7 |
If you are exhausted treating the COVID-19 patients, what are the reasons? a | ||
Work overload | 405 | 49.9 |
Panic | 270 | 33.3 |
Lack of PPEs | 275 | 33.9 |
Social disbelief | 145 | 17.9 |
Not exhausted | 215 | 26.5 |
What is the possibility of you getting COVID-19 infection? | ||
Low | 76 | 9.3 |
Moderate | 269 | 33.2 |
High | 466 | 57.5 |
Many health care workers have already been infected with COVID-19. In your opinion, what might be the reasons?a | ||
Late diagnosis of COVID-19 patients | 565 | 69.7 |
Longer duty hours | 156 | 19.2 |
Sub-optimal adherence to prevention measures | 217 | 26.8 |
Working in high-risk departments | 236 | 29.1 |
Inadequate training on prevention measures | 272 | 33.5 |
All of the above | 384 | 47.3 |