Through Their Eyes: Health Care Worker Compliance With Personal Protective Equipment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personal protective equipment (PPE) plays a critical role in protecting health care workers (HCWs). During the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, shortages of PPE supplies drastically changed the way PPE was obtained and used by HCWs.

Purpose

The objective was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and patient isolation type on PPE compliance.

Methods

This investigation was a survey of HCWs at a level 1 trauma teaching hospital regarding PPE compliance patterns prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

HCWs reported an increase in PPE compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly half (48.6%) of respondents reported that isolation type impacted the decision to wear PPE, of which most were likely to forgo PPE with con

SUBMITTER: Moore R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8378415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature