Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemisinde Enfeksiyon Kontrol Çalışmaları Çerçevesinde Çocuk Hastalarla Çalışan Sağlık Personeli Eğitimi
Author(s) -
Pembe Derin Oygar,
Ayşe Büyükçam,
Zümrüt Şahbudak Bal,
Nazan Dalgıç,
Şefika Elmas Bozdemir,
Adem Karbuz,
Benhur Şirvan Çetin,
Yalçın Kara,
Ceren Çetin,
Nevin Hatipoğlu,
Hatice Uygun,
Fatma Deniz Aygün,
Selda Hançerli Törün,
Dicle Şener Okur,
Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan,
Tuğçe Tural Kara,
Aysun Yahşi,
Arife Özer,
Sevliya Öcal Demir,
Gülşen Akkoç,
Cansu Turan,
Enes Salı,
Semra Şen,
Emine Hafize Erdeniz,
Soner Sertan Kara,
Melike Emiroğlu,
Tuğba Erat,
Hacer Aktürk,
Sibel Laçinel Gürlevik,
Murat Sütçü,
Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli Aydın,
Başak Yıldız Atikan,
Edanur Yeşil,
Gizem Güner,
Emel Çelebi,
Kadir Efe,
Didem Kızmaz İşançlı,
Habibe Selver Durmuş,
Seher Tekeli,
Ayşe Karaarslan,
Lida Bülbül,
Habip Almış,
Özge Kaba,
Yıldız Ekemen Keleş,
Bahadır Yazıcıoğlu,
Şerife Bahtiyar Oğuz,
Hüsnü Fahri Ovalı,
Hazal Helin Doğan,
Solmaz Çelebi,
Deniz Çakır,
Burcugül Karasulu,
Gülsüm Alkan,
İrem Yenidoğan,
Doruk Gül,
Burcu Parıltan Küçükalioğlu,
Gülhadiye Avcu,
Musa Gürel Kukul,
Melis Bilen,
Belma Yaşar,
Tuğba Üstün,
Ömer Kılıç,
Yasemin Akın,
Sinem Oral Cebeci,
İbrahim Hakan Bucak,
Mehmet Turğut,
Mehpare Sarı Yanartaş,
Aslıhan Şahin,
Sertaç Arslanoğlu,
Murat Elevli,
Şadiye Kübra Tüter Öz,
Halil Uğur Hatipoğlu,
İlyas Tolga Erkum,
Asuman Demirbuğa,
Taha Özçelik,
Emine Ergül Sarı,
Gökhan Akkuş,
Sinan Hatipoğlu,
Ener Çağrı Dinleyici,
Mustafa Hacımustafaoğlu,
Ferda Özkınay,
Zafer Kurugöl,
Ali Bülent Cengiz,
Ayper Somer,
Hasan Tezer,
Ateş Kara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
çocuk enfeksiyon dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.122
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1308-5271
pISSN - 1307-1068
DOI - 10.5578/ced.70235
Subject(s) - personal protective equipment , pandemic , health care , medicine , covid-19 , healthcare worker , family medicine , infection control , nursing , medical emergency , political science , surgery , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Objective: In the early stages of any epidemic caused by new emerging pathogens healthcare personnel is subject to a great risk. Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, proved to be no exception. Many healthcare workers died in the early stages of pandemic due to inadequate precautions and insufficient protection. It is essential to protect and maintain the safety of healthcare personnel for the confinement of pandemic as well as continuity of qualified healthcare services which is already under strain. Educating healthcare personnel on appropiate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is as essential as procuring them. Material and Methods: A survey is conducted on 4927 healthcare personnel working solely with pediatric patients from 32 different centers. Education given on PPE usage were questioned and analyzed depending on age, sex, occupation and region. Results: Among four thousand nine hundred twelve healthcare personnel from 32 different centers 91% (n= 4457) received education on PPE usage. Of those who received education only 36% was given both theoretical and applied education. Although there was no differences among different occupation groups, receiving education depended on regions. Conclusion: It is essential to educate healthcare personnel appropiately nationwidely for the continuity of qualified healthcare services during the pandemic.