ArticleBone & joint open2020
Protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19: learning from variation in practice and policy identified through a global cross-sectional survey.
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- Risk perceptions and preventive practices of COVID-19 among healthcare professionals in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during COVID-19: Developing and applying a questionnaire and assessing associations between infection rates and shortages across 19 countries.Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Review
- The temporal effects of asymptomatic COVID-19 infection on peri-operative complications in patients receiving total joint arthroplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Impelling Factors for Contracting COVID-19 Among Surgical Professionals During the Pandemic: A Multinational Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2023Article
- Adaptations in vascular access procedures as an initiative to protect healthcare workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.Nursing & health sciences · 2022Article
- Restarting elective orthopaedic surgery as COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are reduced : have patient perceptions towards surgery changed?Bone & joint open · 2021Article
- Availability and use of personal protective equipment and satisfaction of healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- Reaching a new 'normal' after COVID pandemic and orthopaedic implications.International orthopaedics · 2020Article
- Challenges to the orthopedic resident workforce during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learnt from a global cross-sectional survey.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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Abstract
aimsThe COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented burden on global healthcare systems, and existing infrastructures must adapt and evolve to meet the challenge. With health systems reliant on the health of their workforce, the importance of protection against disease transmission in healthcare workers (HCWs) is clear. This study collated responses from several countries, provided by clinicians familiar with practice in each location, to identify areas of best practice and policy so as to build consensus of those measures that might reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to HCWs at work.
methodsA cross-sectional descriptive survey was designed with ten open and closed questions and sent to a representative sample. The sample was selected on a convenience basis of 27 senior surgeons, members of an international surgical society, who were all frontline workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was reported according to the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) checklist.
resultsResponses were received by all 27 surgeons from 22 countries across six continents. A number of the study respondents reported COVID-19-related infection and mortality in HCWs in their countries. Differing areas of practice and policy were identified and organized into themes including the specification of units receiving COVID-19 patients, availability and usage of personal protective equipment (PPE), other measures to reduce staff exposure, and communicating with and supporting HCWs. Areas more specific to surgery also identified some variation in practice and policy in relation to visitors to the hospital, the outpatient department, and in the operating room for both non-urgent and emergency care.
conclusionCOVID-19 presents a disproportionate risk to HCWs, potentially resulting in a diminished health system capacity, and consequently an impairment to population health. Implementation of these recommendations at an international level could provide a framework to reduce this burden.
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