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Healthcare facilities’ level of preparedness response on COVID-19 preventive measures in selected regions of Tanzania: A perspective of healthcare workers

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Infection prevention and control

Abstract

Background: After the first patient of COVID-19 was announced by the Ministry of Health in Tanzania from Arusha region, the hottest discussion in the community was the fear on how our health facilities were prepared against the spread of coronavirus disease. Objective and significance: This study aims at assessing healthcare facilities level of preparedness response on preventive measures against COVID-19 in selected regions of Tanzania through the contributions of healthcare workers. This study will add value in building capacity to fight COVID-19 pandemic and possibly any other pandemic of similar significance in the future. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study design which applied quantitative research strategy was conducted from August to October 2022. A total of 596 healthcare workers were involved in the study from 40 healthcare facilities in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha, and Dodoma regions of Tanzania. Descriptive statistics were analyzed by a statistical package SPSS version 26 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) giving frequencies, percentages, and significant association between variables. Results: Overall level of preparedness was poor at 52%, only 25% of preventive measures were good prepared and 23% moderately prepared. Availability of hand washing station with soap and water to ensure hand hygiene for healthcare workers was most prepared by 87.1% while designated ambulance facility for transporting patients from isolation area to other COVID-19 referral facilities was less prepared by 30.4% in this study. Conclusion: Thepreparedness responses was poor in selected regions of Tanzania which cause less capacity to fight against COVID-19 whenever it emerges.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2023.193210.1466

Keywords

Healthcare facilities preparedness response, Healthcare workers, COVID-19, preventive measures, Tanzania

Authors

First Name

Edward

Last Name

Magwe

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Affiliation

Ruaha Catholic University, Institute of Health and Allied Sciences, Department of pharmaceutical sciences P.O.Box 774 Iringa, Tanzania

Email

edwardam87@gmail.com

City

Iringa

Orcid

0000-0002-0017-7469

First Name

Modest

Last Name

Varisanga

MiddleName

Diamond

Affiliation

The Open University of Tanzania, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environmental Studies, P.O. Box 23409, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Email

modest.varisanga@out.ac.tz

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Orcid

-

First Name

Secilia

Last Name

Ng'weshemi

MiddleName

Kapalata

Affiliation

University of Dodoma, College of Health Science, P.O. Box 854 Dodoma, Tanzania

Email

mwatty92@yahoo.com

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-

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-

Volume

4

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

40831

Issue Date

2023-05-01

Receive Date

2023-02-11

Publish Date

2023-05-01

Page Start

343

Page End

356

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/article_288661.html

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Original Article

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Healthcare facilities’ level of preparedness response on COVID-19 preventive measures in selected regions of Tanzania: A perspective of healthcare workers

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Created At

25 Dec 2024