[ الإِجْراءَات الوِقَائِية المستخدمة مِنْ قِبَل مِهَنِيِي الصّحة ضِدَّ فِيرُوس كُورونَا المُسْتَجَد: تَجْرِبَة المَغْرِب ]
Volume 37, Issue 4, October 2022, Pages 882–889
El-Mouhdi Karima1, Mehanned Smahane2, M’Bara Kaoutar3, and El Khloufi Oumayma4
1 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, ISPITS, Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Techniques, Meknes, Morocco
2 Laboratory of Health and Environment, Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Sciences, Meknes, Morocco
3 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, ISPITS, Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Techniques, Meknes, Morocco
4 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, ISPITS, Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Techniques, Meknes, Morocco
Original language: Arabic
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Coronavirus 2019 is considered the disease of the century. It has caused worldwide panic. The practices of health professionals have been a challenge to cope with this disease and stop the spread of the pandemic. Objectives: The present study aims to describe the preventive measures applied by health professionals and their experience in dealing with COVID-19. Methods: This study was conducted in April and May 2020 in central Morocco, at the «Sidi Said» hospital in Meknes, which is reserved for the care of people affected by COVID-19. An exploratory survey was conducted among all the caregivers working in this hospital. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data, which were processed and statically analysed by Epi-info. Results: A total of 104 (73.5%) participants took part in the study. Most of them (70%) were women. More than half were nurses (59%). The majority (84%) received the COVID-19 vaccine. We found that the majority of caregivers had good knowledge about COVID-19 and about 43% of them received clinical simulation coaching. The most commonly used preventive measures to combat the pandemic were wearing masks (100%), hand washing and disinfection (96%), wearing gloves (81%) and face shields (64%). Conclusions: Health professionals have a good knowledge of Covid19, the correct use of protective equipment, hand hygiene and maintenance of the premises where the approach adopted by health care workers to control Covid19. However, raising awareness among citizens remains a key strategy for eliminating this pandemic.
Author Keywords: Pandemic, Coronavirus, Covid 19, preventive measures, health professionals, hospital, Morocco.
Volume 37, Issue 4, October 2022, Pages 882–889
El-Mouhdi Karima1, Mehanned Smahane2, M’Bara Kaoutar3, and El Khloufi Oumayma4
1 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, ISPITS, Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Techniques, Meknes, Morocco
2 Laboratory of Health and Environment, Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Sciences, Meknes, Morocco
3 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, ISPITS, Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Techniques, Meknes, Morocco
4 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, ISPITS, Higher Institute of Nursing and Health Techniques, Meknes, Morocco
Original language: Arabic
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Coronavirus 2019 is considered the disease of the century. It has caused worldwide panic. The practices of health professionals have been a challenge to cope with this disease and stop the spread of the pandemic. Objectives: The present study aims to describe the preventive measures applied by health professionals and their experience in dealing with COVID-19. Methods: This study was conducted in April and May 2020 in central Morocco, at the «Sidi Said» hospital in Meknes, which is reserved for the care of people affected by COVID-19. An exploratory survey was conducted among all the caregivers working in this hospital. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data, which were processed and statically analysed by Epi-info. Results: A total of 104 (73.5%) participants took part in the study. Most of them (70%) were women. More than half were nurses (59%). The majority (84%) received the COVID-19 vaccine. We found that the majority of caregivers had good knowledge about COVID-19 and about 43% of them received clinical simulation coaching. The most commonly used preventive measures to combat the pandemic were wearing masks (100%), hand washing and disinfection (96%), wearing gloves (81%) and face shields (64%). Conclusions: Health professionals have a good knowledge of Covid19, the correct use of protective equipment, hand hygiene and maintenance of the premises where the approach adopted by health care workers to control Covid19. However, raising awareness among citizens remains a key strategy for eliminating this pandemic.
Author Keywords: Pandemic, Coronavirus, Covid 19, preventive measures, health professionals, hospital, Morocco.
How to Cite this Article
El-Mouhdi Karima, Mehanned Smahane, M’Bara Kaoutar, and El Khloufi Oumayma, “Preventive measures used by health professionals against the Coronavirus pandemic: Morocco's experience,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 882–889, October 2022.
