Experiences of environmental services workers in a tertiary hospital in Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on all walks of life, in particular, environmental services workers in healthcare settings had higher workload, increased stress and greater susceptibility to COVID-19 infections during the pandemic. Despite extensive literature describing the impact of the pandemic on healthcare workers such as doctors and nurses, studies on the lived experiences of environmental services workers in healthcare settings are sparse and none has been conducted in the Asian context. This qualitative study thus aimed to examine the experiences of those who worked for a year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A purposive sample of environmental services workers was recruited from a major tertiary hospital in S

SUBMITTER: Ng QX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277473 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature