Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Hand Hygiene, Mask Use, and Social Distancing among Public Hospital and Polyclinic Nurses in Barbados during the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic

• Main Authors: Uma Gaur (Author), Wendy Sealy (Author), Ambadasu Bharatha (Author), Natasha P. Sobers (Author), Kandamaran Krishnamurthy (Author), Michael H. Campbell (Author), Cara Cumberbatch (Author), Maia Drakes (Author), Marielle Gibbs (Author), Charisse Alexander (Author), Heather Harewood (Author), O. Peter Adams (Author), Subir Gupta (Author), Ali Davod Parsa (Author), Russell Kabir (Author), Md Anwarul Azim Majumder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Nurses are essential members of the healthcare workforce and were among the first-line carers for patients in community and hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, they were at a heightened risk of infection, resulting in several reported deaths among nursing staff....