A cross-sectional survey on availability of facilities to healthcare workers in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 pandemic has caused a healthcare crisis across the world. Low-economic countries like Pakistan lag behind in an adequate response including supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), leading to panic among healthcare workers. We aim to evaluate hospital settings and state in Pakistan regarding availability of resources and views of healthcare workers on COVID-19.

Method

A questionnaire survey was carried out among healthcare workers in public and private sector hospitals across Pakistan for a period of one month. The primary measured outcomes were presence of local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), availability and training of PPE, specific isolation wards and staff wellbeing support by the hospital management.

Results

There were 337 part

SUBMITTER: Dhahri AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7510431 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature