KNOWLEDGE OF HOSPITAL STAFF ON PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND MEASURES: CERTAINLY, A ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

Kalyoncu G.

19 th European Congress of Internal Medicine, Malaga, İspanya, 18 - 20 Mart 2021, ss.302, (Özet Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12890/2021_v8sup1
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Malaga
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.302
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND MEASURES: CERTAINLY, A ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT Gül Kalyoncu1, Mine Durusu Tanriover2, S. Bürge Ciftci Atilgan3 1Hacettepe University Hospitals, Human Resources, Ankara, Turkey 2Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 3Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Education and Informatics, Ankara, Turkey Background and Aims: Pandemic preparedness requiresa continuous cycle of planning, exercising, revising and translating into action. The objective of this study was to assess the awareness and knowledge on and the compliance with the pandemic plan of hospital staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Before and after the pandemic plan was activated in March 2020, several face-to-face and online trainings were done, staff were informed about the pandemic plan and measures. An online survey was done in the third month of the pandemic to measure the knowledge level of staff on the pandemic plan and measures. The demographic characteristics of the participants and information about the pandemic process were collected. Results: 645 (13.6%) of staff responded. Mean age was 36.7 years, 68.6% were female. Participants were mainly nurses, academic and administrative staff and 39.1% worked in COVID-19 areas. One-fifth of the participants declared that they didn’t know the concept of pandemic before. Infection control committee and/ or hospital management/quality office were the main sources of information. Degree of knowledge on the pandemic plan was rated as very well and well by 57.7% of the staff. The rate was higher among employees who were female, received direct information, trained by the infection control committee, and watched training videos. Conclusions: Pandemic preparedness requires continuous improvement and coverage. Three months after the activation of hospital pandemic plan, half of the employees didn’t have good knowledge indicating a room for improvement. Training on-site and use of different training and information tools seem to increase the knowledge of hospital staff on pandemic preparedness.