Abstract
To investigate the nursing professionals' biosecurity in confronting COVID-19. This is a Survey type study. Nursing professionals were invited via messaging apps, using self-applied data collection forms. The sample selection (n=693) was non-probabilistic. A descriptive data analysis was conducted. considering the biosafety aspects in facing COVID-19, 79.0% of the participants had not received training or considered it insufficient, 69.3% reported the lack of personal protective equipment during work, and 81.8% did not feel safe with the internal flux adaptations for handling COVID-19 cases. Continuous and effective nursing team training and personal protective equipment availability are necessary, as well as internal flow adjustments for attending suspected or confirmed cases.
Highlights
The challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have called into question the world’s ability to respond to a virus with rapid dissemination by the respiratory route
The sample (n=693) included nursing professionals working in 18 Brazilian states, being represented by 658 (95.0%) who work in Pernambuco, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, and Bahia state (Table 1)
The safety feeling with the measures adopted in the units where they work was reported only by 126 (18.2%), 567 (81.8%) said they did not feel safe with the modifications implemented by the institutions to cope with COVID-19 cases
Summary
The challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have called into question the world’s ability to respond to a virus with rapid dissemination by the respiratory route. Some factors increase the emerging and widespread risk of respiratory pathogens, such as growing populations, climate change, increased international travel, rapid urbanization, and immigration. There are technologies available to contain the dissemination of such disease, in COVID-19’s case, it was not possible to avoid the significant death toll and the difficulties in controlling the disease’s incidence, which put the world’s public health at risk[1]. The current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic challenges governmental and health authorities regarding the agility for the response to this public health emergency, especially regarding the adoption of preventive measures, early detection of cases, and the care capacity at the several complexity levels in health care[2]. The vaccine unavailability at the pandemic onset aggravated more intensely the worldwide impact caused by the new coronavirus infection[3]
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
