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ArticleScientific African2021

Assessment of infection prevention and control measures adopted by eye care practitioners in Ghana and South Africa against COVID-19.

Samuel Bert Boadi-Kusi, Samuel Kyei, Stephen Ocansey, Michael Ntodie, Dziffa-Bella Ofori-Agyei, Khathutshelo Percy Mashige

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Article in Scientific African, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Samuel Bert Boadi-KusiDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Samuel KyeiDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Stephen OcanseyDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Michael NtodieDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Dziffa-Bella Ofori-AgyeiEye Department, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Accra, Ghana.
Khathutshelo Percy MashigeDiscipline of Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
University of Cape Coast · GHKorle Bu Teaching Hospital · GHUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the infection prevention and control measures adopted by eye care practitioners in Ghana and South Africa during the lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was used to investigate infection prevention and control measures by eye care practitioners in Ghana (

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COVID 19Eye care professionalsPersonal protective equipment

Identifiers

PMID33997540
PMCPMC8105120
OpenAlexW3163534920

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