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Knowledge, attitude and practices toward COVID-19 among healthcare workers in National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Medical virology

Abstract

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on the 11th of March 2020. Since then, many efforts are being carried out to contain the virus. Knowledge and attitude of people should be directed towards strict preventive practices in order to halt the spread of the virus. The aim of the current cross-sectional study is to assess the knowledge, practice and attitude of healthcare workers (HCWs) of National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh using a structured questionnaire. Methods: A cross-sectional study among 139 healthcare persons was performed between April 2020 and May 2020 at National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Centre. A systematic random sampling strategy was carried out and the data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire of the knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare workers regarding COVID-19. Results: About 87.2% of eligible subjects completed and returned the questionnaire had a mean age of (30.1±6.1) years, most of them were male (75.53%), the highest percentage of HCWs were medical technologists (53.23%) and the majority of them had less than 5 years' experience (45.3%). A total of 96.4 % of the respondents were aware of coughing and sneezing etiquette, 93.52% followed hand washing steps but only 70% knew the duration of the hand hygiene procedure, while 89.92% uses face mask when go outside. The main sources of COVID-19 information were social media and the CDC/WHO website (38% and 23%, respectively). Conclusions: The majority of HCWs had good knowledge and positive attitude toward COVID-19. However, the level of some knowledge and attitude lower than that expected for their position level towards the virus. So, there is a need for awareness campaigns to improve their knowledge, in some aspects.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2021.68809.1134

Keywords

Knowledge, Attitude, COVID-19, Healthcare worker

Authors

First Name

Arifa

Last Name

Akram

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of virology, National Institute of laboratory medicine and referral center, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Email

drbarna43@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

0000-0001-8829-9817

First Name

Md Maruf

Last Name

Molla

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Virology, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Email

maruf063@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

First Name

Mahmuda

Last Name

Yeasmin

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Virology, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Email

shumi.yeasmin@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

First Name

Tasnim

Last Name

Nafisa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Virology, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Email

nafisahf3@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

First Name

Md Bayzid

Last Name

Monir

MiddleName

Bin

Affiliation

RMO, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email

bbappy.aa@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

0000-0001-8917-9585

First Name

Jahurul

Last Name

Islam

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Medical technologist, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email

jahurulislam4883@yahoo.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

First Name

Abu

Last Name

Mamun

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Assistant Director, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email

mamunanny@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

First Name

AKM

Last Name

Shamsuzzaman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Director & Professor of Microbiology, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email

zaman.tushar@gmail.com

City

Dhaka

Orcid

-

First Name

Shahin

Last Name

Mahmud

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Medical Officer, National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email

dr.shahinmahmud@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

2

Article Issue

3

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26240

Issue Date

2021-08-01

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2021-03-02

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2021-08-01

Page Start

433

Page End

439

Print ISSN

2682-4132

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2682-4140

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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Knowledge, attitude and practices toward COVID-19 among healthcare workers in National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Created At

22 Jan 2023