Awareness and Practice of Personel Protective Equipment use During Covid-19 among Health Care Personnel in India: A Systematic Review

Authors

  • Bhawna Solanki

  • Kabiru Lawali

  • Abhishek Lachyan

  • Nilofar Rasheed

  • Ajoke Akinola

  • Neelam Rao Bharti

  • Anjali Chauhan

Keywords:

Awareness, Practice, COVID-19 Pandemic, Protective Personnel Equipment [PPE], Health Care Personnel

Abstract

Background: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the most insightful concern for frontline healthcare providers for the treatment of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID#x2013;19), to avoid transmission. The average person with COVID-19 infection is known to infect 1, 5 to 3, 5 people. The capacity of an entire hospital to be significantly diminished by a single COVID-19 infection of healthcare staff. Many health care personnel do not know what is safe to wear. With a growing number of doctor#x2019;s fatalities, we aimed at increasing awareness and practice of health care personnel on the issues across the use of PPE by evaluating their awareness and practice using a validated questionnaire. Methodology: The research approach used is quantitative; this is because the data obtained is a quantifiable data. The information collected is from sampling methods from an online validated questionnaire.

How to Cite

Bhawna Solanki, Kabiru Lawali, Abhishek Lachyan, Nilofar Rasheed, Ajoke Akinola, Neelam Rao Bharti, & Anjali Chauhan. (2022). Awareness and Practice of Personel Protective Equipment use During Covid-19 among Health Care Personnel in India: A Systematic Review. Global Journal of Medical Research, 22(F3), 5–20. Retrieved from https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/2664

Awareness and Practice of Personel Protective Equipment use During Covid-19 among Health Care Personnel in India: A Systematic Review

Published

2022-03-23