Self-Reported Use of Personal Protective Equipment during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Emergency Medical Service Employees in Germany—A Survey
Self-Reported Use of Personal Protective Equipment during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Emergency Medical Service Employees in Germany—A Survey作者机构：Institute for Emergency Medicine University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Kiel Germany COVID-19 Expert Working Group Intensive Care Infectiology and Emergency Medicine (COVRIIN) Berlin Germany Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Kiel Germany Scientific Working Group Emergency Medicine of the German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) Nuremberg Germany School of Medicine University of Namibia Windhoek Namibia
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Preventive Medicine》 (预防医学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第11卷第11期
页 面：391-409页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100211[医学-妇产科学] 10[医学]
主 题：SARS-CoV-2 Personal Protective Equipment Emergency Medical Services
摘 要：Background: Multicentric prospective cohort investigation survey conducted between 1st of March and 1st of April 2021on SARS-CoV-2 occupational risk for German Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel. Study Objectives: Primary: The objective is to take stock of the use and availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in German EMS, both at managerial and employee level, during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Secondary: Generate additional data on individual perceptions of risk of infection and occurrence of infections at respective places of service. Methods: Multicentric prospective cohort investigation survey conducted online at two levels of German EMS personnel—EMS managers and EMS employees, both medical and paramedical—with questions adapted slightly to fit the respective study population. Results: A total of 34 responses were received in the managerial group;a total of 2389 responses were received in the group of employees. Self-reported PPE adherence of EMS employees for confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive patients: use of gloves (99.8%), FFP2 or FFP3 masks (99.8%), gowns or coveralls (99.1%), goggles (89.7%), face shields (24.0%), surgical masks (0.0%). Self-reported PPE adherence of EMS employees for suspected SARS-CoV-2 positive patients: gloves (98.8%), FFP2 or FFP3 masks (total: 99.4%), gowns or coveralls (total: 95.9%), goggles (85.6%), face shields (19.2%), surgical masks (0.2%). Conclusions: Findings included an overall improved self-reported adherence to PPE compared to studies that were conducted before the pandemic. Self-reported general adherence to PPE recommendations when attending to confirmed SARS-CoV-2 positive patients was good, with the exception of goggles. Self-reported adherence to PPE recommendations dropped when attending to suspected SARS-CoV-2 positive patients.
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