scholarly journals Chest computed tomography severity score and its correlation with age group, sex, and laboratory test results among coronavirus disease 2019 health-care workers

2022 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
NohaO Ahmed ◽  
SherifN Abbas ◽  
MostafaM Mostafa ◽  
AmaniM.A. Ghani ◽  
MarwaS Deif
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Chest Computed Tomography ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Laboratory Test Results ◽  
Group Sex

scholarly journals Assessing Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Hand Hygiene among Health Care Workers in Eradah Complex in Jeddah

2021 ◽  
pp. 740-752
Author(s):  
Emad Farouq Khodary ◽  
Abdalrhman Saleh Altamimi ◽  
Haifaa Hassan Alghamdi ◽  
Maryam Mohammad Alshehri ◽  
Saud Jabr Almehmadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Addiction Medicine ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Hand Wash ◽  
Care Workers

Background: Most of the persons thought that nosocomial infection is spread from the hands of health care workers. The main aim of hand washing is to be aware for all to know that this is a myth that nosocomial infection is spread from hand.  Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Eradah Complex in Jeddah. The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) has accredited Eradah Complex for Mental Health- Jeddah, as a training center for addiction medicine fellowship program. An observation is done by providing a Google form to the health care workers of the Eradah complex in Jeddah.  This is to observe the views of the health care workers on the issue of practices of hand hygiene. Results: There were a total of 178 study participants (111 male and 67 participants). Age groups demonstrate that 34.27% of participants belong to the age group of 36 to 45 years. 32.02% of the participants belong to the age group of 26 to 35 years of age group. Moreover, the graph has shown that 14.04% of participants belong to the age group of 18 to 25 years. It has been seen that the number of female workers bearing the position of Nurse is less than those of males. It is important to have more respondents being nurses as the nurses usually communicate directly with the patients. There is a doctor too, but they are less interaction directly with the patient. Therefore, overall graph shows that only 6.18% participants prefer other professions whereas among other percentages, 7.30% participants are pharmacists, 25.28% people are nurses, and 18.54% participants are doctors. Conclusion: The present study has discussed that maintenance of hand hygiene in the hospitals and clinics are of sheer importance. The research methodology that is incorporated in the present study has been helpful for the researchers in understanding the perception of the healthcare workers what they think about the aspect of washing hands primarily after the pandemic. Therefore, it has been seen that most of the participative healthcare workers primarily males do not find the aspect hand hygiene much important and so they rarely use soap for hand wash. On the contrary, the female workers understand the importance of hand wash more and thus, they support the thought of hand hygiene at the workplace.

The Use of Laboratory Test Results in Health Care Management

2010 ◽  
pp. 204-216
Author(s):  
M. Nanda Prematilleke
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
Health Care Management ◽  
Blood Film ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Medical Microbiology ◽  
Normal Means ◽  
Laboratory Test Results

Laboratory test results used in health care management can be qualitative or quantitative. These cover several disciplines, the four major disciplines being histopathology, haematology, medical microbiology and chemical pathology. Histopathology and medical microbiology are mainly qualitative assessments, while chemical pathology is predominantly based on quantitative analysis of chemical constituents in blood or other body fluids. Haematology encompasses both quantitative and qualitative assessments, the blood cell parameters being quantitative while blood film reports and bone marrow reports are qualitative. The application of such results to healthcare management includes screening for disease as well as in making a diagnosis and for monitoring response to treatment of a known disease. This necessitates the availability of normal ranges to compare with and decide whether the results are normal or not. Normal means the individual is in a state of good health and a deviation from normal is interpreted as implying ill-health. Data used in these tests are taken from previous studies of Sri Lankan Adults carried out from May 2005 to July 2006.

scholarly journals Attitudes towards preventive tuberculosis treatment among hospital staff

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidya Pathak ◽  
Zinta Harrington ◽  
Claudia C. Dobler
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Tb Treatment ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Latent Tb

Background.Healthcare workers have an increased risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but previous studies suggested that they might be reluctant to accept preventive tuberculosis (TB) treatment. We aimed to examine doctors’ and nurses’ experience of TB screening and to explore their attitudes towards preventive TB treatment.Methods.We conducted a survey among randomly selected healthcare workers at a tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia, using a paper-based questionnaire.Results.A total of 1,304 questionnaires were distributed and 311 (24%) responses were received. The majority of hospital staff supported preventive TB treatment in health care workers with evidence of latent TB infection (LTBI) in general (74%, 164/223) and for them personally (81%, 198/244) while 80 and 53 healthcare workers respectively had no opinion on the topic. Staff working in respiratory medicine were significantly less likely to support preventive TB treatment in health care workers in general or for them personally if they would have evidence of LTBI compared to other specialties (p= 0.001). Only 13% (14/106) of respondents with evidence of LTBI indicated that they had been offered preventive TB treatment. Twenty-one percent (64/306) of respondents indicated that they did not know the difference between active and latent TB. Among staff who had undergone testing for LTBI, only 33% (75/230) felt adequately informed about the meaning of their test results.Discussion.Hospital staff in general had positive attitudes towards preventive TB treatment, but actual treatment rates were low and perceived knowledge about LTBI was insufficient among a significant proportion of staff. The gap between high support for preventive TB treatment among staff and low treatment rates needs to be addressed. Better education on the concept of LTBI and the meaning of screening test results is required.

scholarly journals Disparities in Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Immunoglobulin Antibodies in a Large Midwestern Health Care System

2021 ◽  
pp. 003335492199916
Author(s):  
Veronica Fitzpatrick ◽  
Anne Rivelli ◽  
Christopher Blair ◽  
Kenneth Copeland ◽  
Jon Richards
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Clinical Role ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hispanic Workers ◽  
Race Ethnicity

Objectives Increased exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as a result of having an essential job is compounded by factors such as age, race, and ethnicity. We used a cross-sectional study design to describe disparities in the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G (IgG) test results by demographic characteristics and clinical roles among a cohort of health care workers employed by the largest Midwestern health care system in the United States. Methods We collected 16 233 SARS-CoV-2 IgG serum samples from June 8 through July 10, 2020, from a convenience sample of Illinois- and Wisconsin-based adult health care workers. The research team, in collaboration with ACL Laboratories, used a SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies. Study data included SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay results and demographic characteristics of workers (age, sex, race, ethnicity, clinical role, zip code). We generated crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) to describe disparities in seroprevalence distribution among demographic and social factors. Results Of 16 233 IgG serum samples tested, 622 (3.8%) test results were positive for SARS-CoV-2. We found significant disparities in SARS-CoV-2 positivity by age, race, ethnicity, and clinical role. Participants aged 32-82 had lower adjusted ORs (aORs) of positive IgG than participants aged 18-31 (aOR range, 0.54-0.66). Odds of positivity were higher among Black (aOR = 3.86), Asian (aOR = 1.42), and mixed-race (aOR = 1.99) workers than among White workers; among Hispanic workers (aOR = 1.80) than among non-Hispanic workers; and among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) clinical workers (aOR = 1.86) than among nonclinical workers. Conclusions Public health efforts should focus on increasing COVID-19 safety messaging, testing, vaccination, and other prevention efforts for people who are young, non-White, Hispanic, and working in COVID-19–clinical units.

Patient views on understanding laboratory results

2018 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Wilkie
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Health Care Professional ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Laboratory Staff ◽  
Patient Views ◽  
Laboratory Test Results ◽  
Laboratory Results ◽  
To Receive

Abstract This paper examines the implications for laboratory staff of the technological changes enabling patients to have easy and quick access to their laboratory test results often without speaking with a health care professional. The needs of patients to receive results in easily understandable forms are described. The importance of sharing the concept of uncertainty with patients is discussed and explored including the challenges that this can create for staff.

scholarly journals Breakthrough Covid-19 infections during periods of circulating Beta, Delta and Omicron variants of concern, among health care workers in the Sisonke Ad26.COV2.S vaccine trial, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ameena Ebrahim Goga ◽  
Linda-GAIL Bekker ◽  
Nigel Garret ◽  
Tarylee Reddy ◽  
Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Vaccine Trial ◽  
General Ward ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
High Care ◽  
General Care

Background: We report breakthrough infections (BTIs) during periods of circulating Beta, Delta and Omicron variants of concern, among health care workers (HCW) participating in the Sisonke phase 3B Ad26.COV2.S vaccine trial (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04838795). Data were gathered between 17 February and 15 December 2021. Duration of each period in this study was 89 days for Beta, 180 days or Delta and 30 days for Omicron. Results: A total of 40 538 BTIs were observed, with 609 during Beta, 22 279 during Delta and 17 650 during Omicron. By 15 December, daily infections during Omicron were three times that seen during the peak observed during Delta. However, unlike the Delta period, with Omicron there was a clear and early de-coupling of hospitalisation from cases as a percentage of the Delta peak curves. Omicron significantly infected a greater proportion of HCW in the 18-30 year age-group, compared with the 55+ age group. There were 1 914 BTI-related hospitalisations - 77, 1 429 and 408 in the Beta (89 days), Delta (180 days) and Omicron (30 days) periods, respectively. During Omicron, 91% hospitalized HCWs required general ward care, 6% high care and 3% intensive care, compared with 89% general ward care, 4% high care and 7% intensive care, during Delta and 78% general care, 7% high care and 16% intensive care during Beta (p<0.001). During Beta and Beta 43% of hospitalized HCW needed supplementary oxygen and 7-8% needed ventilation, compared with 16% and 0.2% respectively during the Omicron period (p<0.001). Median length of hospitalization was significantly lower with Omicron compared with Beta and Delta (3 days compared with 5-6 days, p<0.001). Conclusions: We illustrate more BTIs but reassuringly less severe Covid-19 with Omicron. Re-infections and Omicron-driven primary infections were likely driven by high population SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, waning vaccine effectiveness over time, increased Omicron infectivity, Omicron immune evasion or a combination of these and need further investigation. Follow-up of this cohort will continue and reports will be updated, as time and infections accrue.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document