Factors contributing to low uptake of personal protective equipment among health workers at Kayunga regional referral hospital, Kayunga district. A cross-sectional study.
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https://doi.org/10.71020/jwhr.v2i10.66Keywords:
Uptake of personal protective equipment, Health workers, Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital, KayungaAbstract
Background
The purpose of the study was to find out the factors contributing to low uptake of personal protective equipment among health workers at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital, Kayunga District.
Methodology
A cross-sectional study design using a simple random sampling technique. Data was collected from a sample of 50 respondents using a questionnaire written in the English language as a data collection tool; later, data was systematically analyzed manually by use of tally sheets and entered into the Excel computer program Microsoft Excel to generate tables, graphs, and pie charts.
Results
(58%) They were females (42%), and they were males. (46%) were by the Baganda tribe. (48%) took a long time without reading the hospital personal protective equipment policy, (88%) had efficient skills in don and doff, (50%) reported difficulties in breathing as the challenge they face while using PPEs. (70%) reported that they always get access to PPE’s, though (38%) reported masks are not usually accessible in their departments, (60%) reported>8 hours as the working duration at the facility, (64%) last had in service training in regards to PPE’s during COVID19 pandemic,(72%) reported that the rate of patient turn up in their departments was very high.
Conclusion
Few of the health workers were informed about the hospital policy in regards to PPEs, not entirely all health workers had efficient skills in don and doff, un equitable access to PPEs, long working hours, inadequate access to in service trainings, high patient turn up and low monitoring of the hospital administration programs were the outstanding factors contributing to low uptake of personal protective equipment among health workers.
Recommendation
Kayunga regional referral Hospital administration must set up a committee that will critically monitor health workers from different departments regarding the regular uptake of the PPEs.
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