医疗技术人员在COVID-19大流行期间处理医疗样本的经验
Mamodiege C Mafolo1,2, Eunice Mutava1, Alethea Sunnasy1
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Health SA = SA Gesondheid
|August 13, 2025
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,医疗技术人员面临着健康和安全问题,压力和焦虑. 尽管面临挑战,但他们对自己在疾病检测和分析方面的重要作用感到满意.
科学领域:
- 医学实验室科学 医学实验室科学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 严重急性呼吸道综合征冠状病毒2型 (SARS-CoV-2) 流行病由于感染率和死亡率高,造成了重大风险.
- 通过生物样本分析早期发现疾病是全球优先考虑的,增加了医疗保健工作者的暴露.
- 了解医疗技术人员的身体和心理健康结果对于建立有效的工作场所安全标准至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查医疗技术人员在COVID-19大流行期间就职暴露的经验.
- 为了确定与SARS-CoV-2标本工作的实验室专业人员对身体和心理健康的影响.
主要方法:
- 定性,探索性,描述性和上下文研究设计.
- 进行了深入的,半结构化的采访,与十名故意选择的医疗技术专家进行了深入的,半结构化的采访.
- 使用Tesch的编码方法对转录的采访数据进行主题分析.
主要成果:
- 出现了三个主要主题:健康和安全问题,负面经历 (压力,焦虑) 和积极的自我满意度.
- 医疗技术专家表示,在充满挑战的环境中处理COVID-19样本时,他们对自己的安全和健康存在重大担忧.
- 尽管有不良经历,但参与者报告说他们有成就感,并认识到他们的贡献的重要性.
结论:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,医疗技术专家需要增加资源,专业知识和加强培训.
- 调查结果强调需要强有力的与工作相关的风险管理和在健康危机期间为实验室人员提供支持策略.
- 制定全面的安全协议对于保护医疗保健工作者在未来的流行病中至关重要.
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