Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020
ASSESSMENT OF NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) AWARENESS AMONG MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN DELHI: A QUESTIONANAIRE BASED SURVEY
Dr. Anjali Sharma, Dr. Manju Kumari, Heena, Dr. Mukul Singh, Dr. Sunil Ranga, Dr. Jugal Kishore
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Introduction: COVID–19 is rapidly spreading all over the world and is a major health problem in the current scenario. The aim of this study is to assess the awareness of related to COVID–19 disease among the health care workers. Material and methods: This is an online questionnaire based study comprising of 24 questions related to COVID–19 and included 89 health care workers. The responses were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: There were 50 females and 39 males. Among these 35 were trained and 54 were untrained. On analysis we found that females (96.0%) were more aware than males (92.3%). The response of trained persons were more accurate than those of untrained but was not significant (p=0.98). The most aware age group was 51–60 and most aware department was blood bank followed by microbiology. Conclusion: Awareness and preparedness of healthcare workers is low regarding the coronavirus infection. There is need of urgent effective interventions and training programs for various healthcare workers.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr/7532029
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ASSESSMENT OF NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) AWARENESS AMONG MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN DELHI: A QUESTIONANAIRE BASED SURVEY, Dr. Anjali Sharma, Dr. Manju Kumari, Heena, Dr. Mukul Singh, Dr. Sunil Ranga, Dr. Jugal Kishore INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020
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ASSESSMENT OF NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) AWARENESS AMONG MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN DELHI: A QUESTIONANAIRE BASED SURVEY, Dr. Anjali Sharma, Dr. Manju Kumari, Heena, Dr. Mukul Singh, Dr. Sunil Ranga, Dr. Jugal Kishore INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2020
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