Compliance with Standard Precautions among Midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Published Jul 7, 2021
https://doi.org/10.25077/jom.6.1.94-105.2021
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Mergy Gayatri
The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
Oluwadamilare Akingbade
The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong kong
Emmanuel O. Adesuyi
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Education and Life Science, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Roland Arung Pirade
The Department of Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health, New York University, United States
Natasha Van Antwerpen
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Ningrum Paramita Sari
The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
Sutrisno Sutrisno
The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: While the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across nations in significant terms, midwives who play a crucial role in offering maternal and child care amid the pandemic stand a high risk of being infected. Examining their level of compliance with the standard precautions amid the pandemic is important.

Purpose: To assess the level of compliance of midwives in Indonesia with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage and hand washing.

Methods: In June 2020, an online cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1520 midwives in Indonesia during the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 26. Association between demographic variables and compliance with standard precautions was measured using Chi-square test. 

Results: Approximately 74% of midwives used PPE and masks when outside while more than 40% of them did not always wash their hands after they touch an object outside home. A significant association was found between level of education (p =.001), region (p =.000) and mask usage. However, association between ethnicity and mask usage; region and handwashing were not significant.   

Conclusion: Majority of the midwives in Indonesia complied with PPE usage, but majority did not adhere to hand washing. This highlights the need for appropriate interventions to improve compliance to standard precautions in a bid to curtail further spread of the pandemic.

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Author Biographies

Mergy Gayatri, The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

The Department of Midwifery

Oluwadamilare Akingbade, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong kong

The Nethersole School of Nursing

Emmanuel O. Adesuyi, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Education and Life Science, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Education and Life Science, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Roland Arung Pirade, The Department of Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health, New York University, United States

The Department of Public Health Policy and Management

Natasha Van Antwerpen, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia

School of Psychology, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Ningrum Paramita Sari, The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Sutrisno Sutrisno, The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

The Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

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