Nurses’ perception and compliance with personal protective equipment and hand hygiene during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Elshaer, Noha; Agage, Hesham

doi:10.1186/s42506-022-00109-1

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 2 Compliance with the PPE usage, hand hygiene, and IPC measures among nurses at Alexandria Main University Hospital, 2021 (n-354)

From: Nurses’ perception and compliance with personal protective equipment and hand hygiene during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic

	Response	No.	%
Compliance with PPE usage
Wear PPE at work	All times at work^a	212	59.9
Wear PPE at work	Only when contact with patient	142	40.1
Wear respirators (FFP3/2, N95)1.	Always, often	5.0	1.4
Wear respirators (FFP3/2, N95)1.	Never, rarely, sometimes	349	98.6
Wear surgical mask 1.	Always, often	321	90.7
Wear surgical mask 1.	Never, rarely, sometimes	33	9.3
Wear Face shield 1.	Always, often	5.0	1.4
Wear Face shield 1.	Never, rarely, sometimes	349	98.6
Wear goggles	Always, often	5.0	1.4
	Never, rarely, sometimes	349	98.6
Wear medical gown (level 3 or 4)1.	Always, often	34	9.6
Wear medical gown (level 3 or 4)1.	Never, rarely, sometimes	349	90.4
Wear gloves 1.	Always, often	312	88.1
Wear gloves 1.	Never, rarely, sometimes	42	11.9
Extended PPE usage
Face mask	No	3	0.8
Face mask	Yes, per session^b	351	99.2
Gloves	No	347	98
Gloves	Yes, per session^b	7	2.0
Donning and doffing PPE
Steps for donning PPE	Compliant	226	63.8
Steps for donning PPE	Not compliant	128	36.2
Steps for doffing PPE	Compliant	272	76.8
Steps for doffing PPE	Not compliant	82	23.2
Hand wash with soap and water
Steps and duration of hand wash	Compliant	200	56.5
Steps and duration of hand wash	Not compliant	154	43.5
Specific IPC measures
Not to report to work when having fever, or other symptoms	No	8.0	2.3
Not to report to work when having fever, or other symptoms	Always, most of times	346	97.7
Maintain physical distancing (6-feet) at work even in non-patient care areas.	No	98	27.7
	Always, most of time	256	72.3
Postpone elective time-off	No	93	26.3
Postpone elective time-off	Always, most of time	261	73.7
Overall compliance
	Good compliance	290	81.9
	Poor compliance	64	18.1

Abbreviations: PPE Personal protective equipment, IPC Infection prevention and control; ^aEven in non-patient areas, ^bA single session is a period of time where a healthcare worker is undertaking duties in a specific clinical care setting or exposure environment, for example during a ward round

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