• Arch Iran Med · Feb 2022

    Rapid Detection Test for COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers and the Role of Personal Protective Equipment.

    • Mahboubeh Hajiabdolbaghi, Armin Aryannejad, Mohammadreza Tabary, Pourya Farhangi, Alireza Abdollahi, Sara Ghaderkhani, Mostafa Amini, Elaheh Kimyaee, Athareh Ranjbar, Mohammadreza Salehi, Fereshteh Ghiasvand, Mohsen Meidani, Malihe Hasannezhad, Esmaeil Mohammadnejad, Mahnaz Hadipour, Farnaz Araghi, Baharnaz Mashinchi, and Arash Seifi.
    • Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
    • Arch Iran Med. 2022 Feb 1; 25 (2): 91-97.

    BackgroundIn this study, we assessed the prevalence of positive rapid detection test (RDT) among healthcare workers (HCWs) and evaluated the role of personal protective equipment (PPE) and knowledge of the pandemic.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study conducted between August 2020 and October 2020 in a tertiary referral center (Tehran, Iran), we enrolled 117 physicians, nurses, and other HCWs (OHCWs)-aides, helpers, and medical waste handlers-regularly working in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wards. The RDT kit was utilized to reveal recent infection; data on demographics, PPE use and availability, and knowledge of the pandemic was collected through pre-defined questionnaires.ResultsOverall, 24.8% (95% CI: 16.8-32.7%) of HCWs had positive RDTs. The more PPE was available and used, the less the chance of positive RDT was (OR: 0.63 [0.44-0.91], P = 0.014 and 0.63 [0.41-0.96], P = 0.030). The same was true for the knowledge of prevention and adhering to preventive rules (OR: 0.44 [0.24-0.81], P = 0.008 and 0.47 [0.25-0.89], P = 0.020). OHCWs had the highest prevalence of positive RDT, while they had more shifts per month, less accessibility to PPE, and less knowledge of the pandemic than physicians.ConclusionThe findings of this study suggest that HCWs should have a thorough knowledge of the pandemic along with using PPE properly and rationally. Furthermore, adhering to preventive regulations plays a crucial role in HCWs' safety. It is also noteworthy that shifts should be arranged logically to manage exposures, with a special attention being paid to OHCWs.2022 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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