Assessment of the infrastructure of a COVID-19 unit and health professionals’ perception about safety attitudes
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https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v13i3.17956Keywords:
Hand hygiene, Patient safety, Organizational cultureAbstract
Background and objectives: does the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit have a favorable structure to sanitize the hands of health professionals? What is the perception of health professionals about the organizational safety of that sector? It aims to assess the structure for hand hygiene in an Intensive Care Unit for patients with COVID-19 and the perception of safety attitude by health professionals. Methods: an analytical, cross-sectional study with 62 health professionals from a university hospital in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The unit structure commands for hand alignment and safety attitudes were used. Results: flaws were found in the infrastructure that can hinder and prevent hand hygiene by professionals at the point of care. The safety attitude was impaired in all domains. No difference was found between the median scores regarding professional categories. Conclusion: investment is urgently needed in improving infrastructure with alcoholic preparation supply at the point of assistance. The study demonstrates the negative impact of the perception of low management involvement in patient safety actions and poor infrastructure for hand hygiene.
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