Open AccessAn Overlooked Risk for Healthcare Workers Amid COVID-19: Occupational Hand
Author(s) -
Velat Çelik,
Mehmet Yaşar Özkars
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
i̇stanbul kuzey klinikleri
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2148-4902
DOI - 10.14744/nci.2020.45722
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , odds ratio , hygiene , pandemic , confidence interval , covid-19 , health care , family medicine , personal protective equipment , hand washing , disease , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , pathology , economics , economic growth
Hand hygiene, one of the most critical preventive methods against Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) cross-transmission, has increased during the COVID-19 outbreak. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of hand eczema (HE) and associated symptoms in healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 outbreak.