Nursing professionals' biosafety in confronting COVID-19

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the nursing professionals' biosecurity in confronting COVID-19. Methods: This is a Survey type study. Nursing professionals were invited via messaging apps, using self-applied data collection forms. The sample selection (n=693) was non-probabilistic. A descrip...

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Main Authors: Mônica Alice Santos da Silva (Author), Morgana Cristina Leôncio de Lima (Author), Cynthia Angélica Ramos de Oliveira Dourado (Author), Clarissa Mourão Pinho (Author), Maria Sandra Andrade (Author)
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Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the nursing professionals' biosecurity in confronting COVID-19. Methods: This is a Survey type study. Nursing professionals were invited via messaging apps, using self-applied data collection forms. The sample selection (n=693) was non-probabilistic. A descriptive data analysis was conducted. Results: considering the biosafety aspects in facing COVID-19, 79.0% of the participants had not received training or considered it insufficient, 69.3% reported the lack of personal protective equipment during work, and 81.8% did not feel safe with the internal flux adaptations for handling COVID-19 cases. Conclusion: Continuous and effective nursing team training and personal protective equipment availability are necessary, as well as internal flow adjustments for attending suspected or confirmed cases.
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10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1104