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Safety of health care workers pre and post COVID-19 : Lessons to be learnt

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Dr. Vaijanath Babshetti, Dr. P V. Raveendra, Dr. Deepak R
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.si4.159

Abstract

Health care workers are the most vulnerable to the contagious diseases arising out of attending patients and the disposal of hazardous waste generated in hospitals. The effective adoption of the safety measures by the frontline health care workers would safeguard them as well as their family members. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Government of India estimates that 1800 doctors and 974 health care workers lost their lives because of the COVID infection as of September 2023. The proper supply and adoption of safety initiatives would have saved many lives in the health care sector. The present paper investigates the proper supply and adoption of a safety kites among health care workers. Data is administered through structured questionnaires among nurses and other frontline healthcare workers in a Bangalore private hospitals. The random sampling method is being used for the study. The study reveals that there was a shortage of safety tools combined with a lack of awareness about the usage of safety kits among health care workers during the initial days of COVID spread. The situation on the supply side has drastically improved in recent days. However, improper adoption of safety measures led to infection among the health care workers. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between the level of awareness of the usage of safety kits and the infection. The findings of the study provide deeper insight into the adoption and implementation of safety measures among health care workers. They also found that most hospitals did not learn the lessons from the previous experience and were not prepared for any such situation in the future

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