Skin damage due to personal protective equipment among nursing staff in a dedicated coronavirus disease-2019 hospital of tribal India
作者机构：Department of DermatologyGovernment Medical CollegeShahdolMadhya PradeshIndia Department of Community MedicineGovernment Medical CollegeShahdolMadhya PradeshIndia Department of Community MedicineK D Medical CollegeHospital and Research CentreMathuraUttar PradeshIndia
出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Nursing》 (中西医结合护理杂志（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第4卷第1期
页 面：8-14页
学科分类：1011[医学-护理学（可授医学、理学学位）] 10[医学]
主 题：Coronavirus disease-2019 N-95 mask nursing staff personal protective equipment skin injury
摘 要：Background:Nursing staff are at much greater risk of infection(Ebola virus diseases and severe acute respiratory syndrome)due to their exposure to highly infectious bodily fluids and droplet nuclei and the need for personal protective equipment(PPE)to reduce the transmission ***:The present study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of skin injuries and their types due to PPE usage among nursing staff in tribal *** and Methods:This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the dedicated coronavirus disease-2019(COVID-19)hospital for a period of 4 months among 144 nursing staff wearing Grade 2 and 3 PPE *** subjects were approached through social networking websites and survey questionnaires(Google forms)according to relevant guides,and research literature was used to collect the details regarding baseline,duty,and skin injury ***-square test was used to find the association between skin injury and baseline or duty characteristics,and the association was significant at a P***:It was observed that 54.7%of nursing staff were working for 6 or more hours and 16.5%of subjects were wearing the PPE kit for 5 or more hours per *** injury was reported by 86.3%of the subjects after using *** injuries among nurses were statistically significant with their current place of stay and daily duty hours(P0.05).Conclusion:In this study,it was found that 86.3%of subjects had suffered from skin injuries by using PPE while caring for COVID-19 patients during duty hours,so an effective preventive measure should be adopted.
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