Increasing face-mask compliance among healthcare personnel during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prior studies of universal masking have not measured face-mask compliance. We performed a quality improvement study to monitor and improve face-mask compliance among healthcare personnel (HCP) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Design

Mixed-methods study.

Setting

Tertiary-care center in West Haven, Connecticut.

Patients

HCP including physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff.

Methods

Face-mask compliance was measured through direct observations during a 4-week baseline period after universal masking was mandated. Frontline and management HCP completed semistructured interviews from which a multimodal intervention was developed. Direct observations were repeated during a 14-week period following implementation of the multimod

SUBMITTER: Datta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8144836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature