Infection prevention and control practices and related factors among paramedics during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in Korea.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-05-19 DOI:10.1080/19338244.2023.2213429

Hye Young Jang, Mi Ah Han, Jong Park, So Yeon Ryu, Seong Woo Choi, Sung Soo Choi

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection prevention and control (IPC) practices and related factors among paramedics. We selected 249 paramedics using convenience sampling from three areas in Korea. Data on the demographics, infection-related characteristics, awareness, and practice of IPC were collected using self-reported questionnaires. The mean IPC practice score was 4.47 ± 0.54. The compliance with IPC practices was relatively high among those with a disease history (B = 0.194, p = 0.045) and who were aware of the safety management standard guidelines. Provision of sufficient protective equipment and infection prevention monitoring were associated with higher IPC practice scores. Education for increasing awareness of the recent IPC guidelines and the allocation of personal protective equipment would be helpful in improving the practice.

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2019冠状病毒病在韩国爆发期间，医护人员的感染预防和控制措施及相关因素。

本研究旨在调查医护人员2019冠状病毒病（新冠肺炎）感染预防和控制（IPC）实践及其相关因素。我们从韩国的三个地区选择了249名护理人员。使用自我报告问卷收集有关IPC的人口统计学、感染相关特征、意识和实践的数据。IPC练习平均得分为4.47 ± 0.54.有病史的患者对IPC实践的依从性相对较高（B = 0.194，p = 0.045）以及了解安全管理标准指南的人员。提供足够的防护设备和感染预防监测与IPC实践得分较高有关。教育提高对最近IPC指南的认识和个人防护设备的分配将有助于改进这一做法。

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Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 环境科学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.70

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>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health , originally founded in 1919 as the Journal of Industrial Hygiene, and perhaps most well-known as the Archives of Environmental Health, reports, integrates, and consolidates the latest research, both nationally and internationally, from fields germane to environmental health, including epidemiology, toxicology, exposure assessment, modeling and biostatistics, risk science and biochemistry. Publishing new research based on the most rigorous methods and discussion to put this work in perspective for public health, public policy, and sustainability, the Archives addresses such topics of current concern as health significance of chemical exposure, toxic waste, new and old energy technologies, industrial processes, and the environmental causation of disease such as neurotoxicity, birth defects, cancer, and chronic degenerative diseases. For more than 90 years, this noted journal has provided objective documentation of the effects of environmental agents on human and, in some cases, animal populations and information of practical importance on which decisions are based.