Open AccessHealthcare Workers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Personal Protective Equipment for the Prevention of COVID-19
Author(s) -
Md. Altab Hossain,
Md. Utba Rashid,
Abdullah Khan,
Sabrina Sayeed,
Abdul Kader,
Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s293717
Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , positive attitude , health care , medicine , logistic regression , family medicine , computer assisted web interviewing , covid-19 , cross sectional study , nursing , medical education , psychology , pathology , social psychology , business , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , marketing , economics , economic growth
Adequate knowledge, positive attitude, and proper practice of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers are necessary to get protection from COVID-19 infection. But this area is yet to be explored. Hence, we aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) among healthcare workers, along with a survey of the possible determinants.