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Covid-19 in workers of montufar social security health center due to inappropriate use of protective clothing

Abstract:

A recent outbreak of coronavirus infection cataloged as a pandemic in the first quarter of 2020, called SARS-COV-2, demonstrates the importance of proper handling of personal protective clothing in health workers, who work in the first line of care for people possibly infected. However, the lack of knowledge and management of patients with respiratory symptoms favors the contagion of medical personnel, reducing the productivity of health care centers. The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between COVID-19 infection in health personnel at the B San Gabriel health center of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security against the misuse of protective clothing due to the high incidence of infections. Through a longitudinal study using a participant observation method in the San Gabriel Health Center, Montufar canton, in the province of Carchi. Only 2 workers were not studied because they were in remote work mode, the other 32 workers were surveyed. It was found that there is a relationship between the inappropriate use of personal protective clothing and COVID-19 infection in health personnel, in addition, bad information and poor training on the subject are also associated.