Twenty Two Test Positive to Covid-19 at One Health Facility in one Month: Who, Where, How, What should be done?

Jordan Tembo and Patricia Mambwe
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Jordan Tembo: Kalindawalo General Hospital, P.O.Box 560008, Petauke, Zambia
Patricia Mambwe: Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Rusangu University, Monze, Zambia

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021, vol. 05, issue 08, 367-373

Abstract: COVID-19 is a mysterious medical condition that has affected the entire global society. Health Workers face the greatest possible threat of contracting the infection and even dying out of it. At the beginning of winter, one health facility in Zambia recorded a total of 22 Health Workers infected with COVID-19 during the month of June, 2021. The objective of this inquiry was to establish where and how the staff acquired the infection. The study used all the 22 Health Workers with history of confirmed COVID-19 during the month of June. The study was conducted between June and July, 2021. Single-interview-per-participant data collection method was used to collect data from participants. Participation was voluntary. This study found that Health Workers on night duty in the COVID-19 isolation ward worked longer hours, got exhausted with subsequent increased exposure risk and eventual acquisition of infection through close physical contact with Covid-19 patients or contaminated Personal Protective Equipment. This study recommends that Ministry of Health to increase the number of Health Workers- nurses, doctors and other cadres essential in the provision of health care services to COVID-19 patients and to provide Health Workers with adequate supplies of PPEs. Local Hospital Management to reduce working hours for health workers especially those taking night duty in the COVID-19 ward.

Date: 2021
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