与在COVID-19重症监护病房使用个人防护设备相关的皮肤问题
1Internal Diseases Intensive Care Unit, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine İbni Sina Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Nursing in critical care
|July 26, 2023
概括
护士经历了严重的皮肤问题,90%的护士在COVID-19大流行期间报告了个人防护设备 (PPE) 的问题. 防护眼镜,帽子和面罩的保护措施有效地减少了这些不良影响.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 传染病控制和控制传染病
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,医疗保健工作者广泛使用个人防护设备 (PPE).
- 这种密集使用导致了医疗保健专业人员的各种皮肤问题.
- 皮肤问题经常被忽视,尽管它们对医疗保健工作者的福祉有影响.
研究的目的:
- 识别和记录护士因使用个人防护设备而遇到的特定皮肤问题.
- 评估COVID-19重症监护病房中这些皮肤问题的患病率.
- 评估防护应用对与PPE相关的皮肤问题的有效性.
主要方法:
- 在三个COVID-19重症监护病房的护士中进行了一项横截面调查.
- 数据是在2021年12月至2022年6月期间通过在线问卷收集的.
- 该研究包括82名护士,分析了PPE使用时间和报告的皮肤状况.
主要成果:
- 超过90%的护士报告说,他们遇到了与PPE使用有关的皮肤问题.
- 诸如压伤,和过敏反应等特定问题的患病率差异很大.
- 超过50%的护士使用保护应用,特别是减压表面.
- 防护眼镜,帽子和面罩的干预措施显著减少了皮肤问题 (p<0.05).
结论:
- 护士通常会在流行病期间长时间使用PPE而发展出各种皮肤问题.
- 制定尽量减少个人防护设备使用时间的策略和实施有效的保护措施至关重要.
- 对防止皮肤问题的新型PPE设计进行进一步的研究是有必要的.
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