Knowledge of health care workers and ability of healthcare facilities in preventing of Ebola virus diseases/lassa fever in Benin

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess Liberian health care workers’ feelings around safety in returning to work in the setting of the Ebola virus disease outbreak of 2014–2015 after receiving infection prevention and control (IPC) training. Methods: Academic Consortium Combating Ebola in Liberia (ACCEL) training surveys were done at 21 public, Liberian hospitals to understand health care workers’ attitudes surrounding Ebola and whether they felt safe while at work based on multiple factors. Logistic regression was used for analysis. Results: We found that health care workers feeling safe at work during the Ebola outbreak was primarily predicted by the number of IPC/Ebola trainings received pre-ACCEL interventions. Health care workers felt increasingly safer and motivated to return to work as trainings approached 3 (OR 8, p-value < 0.001); however, more than 3 trainings resulted in decreased safety and motivation. In addition, health care workers who reported washing their hands before and after patient contact were 3.4 times more likely to understand how to protect themselves from Ebola. Conclusions: These results help to better understand the utility of repeated trainings on health care worker practice attitudes and the importance of IPC policies within hospitals, such as hand hygiene promotion and education, when coordinating humanitarian efforts.

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A Current Review of Ebola Virus: Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, and Diagnostic Assessment

Biological Research For Nursing ◽

10.1177/1099800403252603 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 268-275 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Adrian M. Casillas ◽

Adeline M. Nyamathi ◽

Anthony Sosa ◽

Cam L. Wilder ◽

Heather Sands

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Ebola Virus ◽

Antiviral Treatment ◽

Specific Treatment ◽

Primary Source ◽

Hemorrhagic Fever ◽

Virus Identification ◽

Care Workers ◽

Supportive Management

Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is an acute viral syndrome that presents with fever and an ensuing bleeding diathesis that is marked by high mortality in human and nonhuman primates. Fatality rates are between 50% and 100%. Due to its lethal nature, this filovirus is classified as a biological class 4 pathogen. The natural reservoir of the virus is unknown. As a result, little is understood about how Ebola virus is transmitted or how it replicates in its host. Although the primary source of infection is unknown, the epidemiologic mode of transmission is well defined. A variety of tests have proven to be specific and useful for Ebola virus identification. There is no FDA-approved antiviral treatment for EHF. Incubation ranges from 2 to 21 days. Patients who are able to mount an immune response to the virus will begin to recover in 7 to 10 days and start a period of prolonged convalescence. Supportive management of infected patients is the primary method of treatment, with particular attention to maintenance of hydration, circulatory volume, blood pressure, and the provision of supplemental oxygen. Since there is no specific treatment outside of supportive management and palliative care, containment of this potentially lethal virus is paramount. In almost all outbreaks of EHF, the fatality rate among health care workers with documented infections was higher than that of non–health care workers.

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Disparities in knowledge, attitude, and practices of infection prevention and control of lassa fever among health care workers at The Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal ◽

10.11604/pamj.2021.38.357.26208 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 38 ◽

Author(s):

Victor Okoliko Ukwenya ◽

Temiloluwa Adeola Fuwape ◽

Tokunbo Ibukun Fadahunsi ◽

Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

Infection Prevention ◽

Lassa Fever ◽

Medical Centre ◽

Infection Prevention And Control ◽

Care Workers ◽

Ondo State ◽

And Control

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Symptoms in Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Epidemic. A Cross-Sectional Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17145218 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (14) ◽

pp. 5218 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Nicola Magnavita ◽

Giovanni Tripepi ◽

Reparata Rosa Di Prinzio

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Virus Disease ◽

Significant Risk ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Staff Members ◽

Care Workers

In March–April 2020, the Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic suddenly hit Italian healthcare facilities and in some of them many staff members became infected. In this work 595 health care workers from a public company were tested for Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (82 positive) and asked to complete a questionnaire on early COVID-19 symptoms. Respiratory symptoms were present in 56.1% of cases. Anosmia and dysgeusia in COVID-19 cases were found to have an odds ratio (OR) = 100.7 (95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 26.5–382.6) and an OR = 51.8 (95%CI 16.6–161.9), respectively. About one in three of the cases (29.3%) never manifested symptoms. Anxiety was reported by 16.6% of COVID-19 cases and depression by 20.3%, with a significant increase in the estimated risk (OR = 4.3; 95%CI = 2.4–7.4 for anxiety, OR = 3.5; 95%CI = 2.0–6.0 for depression). In cases, sleep was a significant moderating factor in the relationship between occupational stress, or organizational justice, and anxiety. The early diagnosis of COVID-19 in health care workers, must consider, in addition to respiratory disorders and fever, anosmia, dysgeusia, exhaustion, myalgias and enteric disorders. The frequency of anxiety and depression disorders in the population examined was not higher than that commonly recorded in the same company during periodic checks in the years preceding the epidemic. In COVID-19 cases there was a significant risk of anxiety, especially in those who had low sleep quality. Mental health support and improvement interventions must mainly concern workers with positive tests and should also tend to improve sleep quality.

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