关于在COVID-19大流行期间佩戴个人防护设备的身体症状和迹象的教师观点
Kathleen Mae Fischer1, Michael Metz1, Michael Sekula2
1Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, University of Louisville Dental School in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,教师在气溶生成牙科手术期间佩戴个人防护设备 (PPE) 时经历了显著的身体症状,包括头痛和窒息感.
科学领域:
- 牙科医学 牙科医学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 传染病控制和控制传染病
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,医疗机构需要加强个人防护设备 (PPE) 的使用.
- 执行气溶生成程序的牙科专业人员在个人防护设备的合规性和舒适性方面面临着独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 调查教师对在气溶生成牙科治疗期间佩戴PPE相关的身体症状和迹象的看法.
- 评估COVID-19个人防护设备对教师福祉和生理反应的影响.
主要方法:
- 这是一项两阶段的研究,包括主观症状调查和客观生命体征评估.
- 调查分发给中西部牙科学院的临床教师.
- 第二阶段包括对16名佩戴个人防护设备的教师进行生命体征测量 (温度,脉).
主要成果:
- 高比例的教师报告说,沟通能力下降 (88.1%),感到窒息 (69.5%),和头痛 (56.1%).
- 在年轻女性和年长男性之间观察到头痛患病率的显著差异.
- 客观测量显示,在使用个人防护设备后,平均体温 (0.26°F) 显著增加.
结论:
- 个人防护设备 (PPE) 对于保护医疗保健工作者至关重要,但可能导致显著的身体症状.
- 像沟通困难,窒息感和头痛等症状在使用PPE的牙科教师中很普遍.
- 观察到体温升高等生理征兆,突出显示长时间使用个人防护设备所带来的身体负担.
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