Availability of personal protective equipment and diagnostic and treatment facilities for healthcare workers involved in COVID-19 care: A cross-sectional study in Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador

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Author(s): Gustavo Ramirez; Diana Prada; Aurora Mula; Gloria Pacheco; Patricia Campos Pavan Baptista; José Joaquín Mira; Piedad Serpa; Jimmy Martin-Delgado; Eduardo Viteri; Daniela Campos de Andrade Lourenção
Source:
PLoS ONE
Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
instacron:USP
Repositorio Universidad de Santander
Universidad de Santander
instacron:Universidad de Santander
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0242185 (2020)
Subject Terms:
Face shield; Viral Diseases; business.product_category; Latin Americans; Critical Care and Emergency Medicine; Cross-sectional study; Epidemiology; Health Care Providers; 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology; 0302 clinical medicine; Medical Conditions; Surveys and Questionnaires; Pandemic; Health care; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public and Occupational Health; 030212 general & internal medicine; Medical Personnel; Virus Testing; Multidisciplinary; humanities; Professions; Infectious Diseases; DIAGNÓSTICO; Medicine; Engineering and Technology; Safety Equipment; Ecuador; Safety; Coronavirus Infections; Brazil; Research Article; medicine.medical_specialty; Science; Health Personnel; education; Pneumonia, Viral; Equipment; Colombia; 03 medical and health sciences; Betacoronavirus; Diagnostic Medicine; Intensive care; Physicians; medicine; Humans; Personal protective equipment; Pandemics; Personal Protective Equipment; business.industry; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Covid 19; Emergency department; Health Care; Cross-Sectional Studies; Family medicine; People and Places; Population Groupings; Health Facilities; business
Language:
English
Online Access:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::76f041e2f74b63ca3973eb845c727270
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7657544

Additional Information
- Contributors:
  Salud Comuniudes
- Publication Information:
  Public Library of Science, 2020.
- Publication Date:
  2020
- Abstract:
  Digital
  Many affected counties have had experienced a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to investigate the needs of healthcare professionals and the technical difficulties faced by them during the initial outbreak. A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted among the healthcare workforce in the most populous cities from three Latin American countries in April 2020. In total, 1,082 participants were included. Of these, 534 (49.4%), 263 (24.3%), and 114 (10.5%) were physicians, nurses, and other professionals, respectively. At least 70% of participants reported a lack of PPE. The most common shortages were shortages in gown coverall suits (643, 59.4%), N95 masks (600, 55.5%), and face shields (569, 52.6%). Professionals who performed procedures that generated aerosols reported shortages more frequently (p
  Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud
- File Description:
  13 p; application/pdf
- ISSN:
  1932-6203
- Rights:
  OPEN
- Accession Number:
  edsair.doi.dedup.....76f041e2f74b63ca3973eb845c727270

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