Infection Prevention and Control Practices Regarding COVID-19

Infection Prevention and Control Practices Among Primary Healthcare Nurses Regarding COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Background: Healthcare providers, particularly nurses, are at risk of infection as part of the COVID-19 epidemic chain since they assist in the disease's containment. By recognising the risk factors for infection and implementing suitable measures to reduce these risks, all reasonable efforts should be taken to control the spread of infection to them. The major aim of the present study was to determine the level of infection prevention and control practises used by primary healthcare nurses in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female healthcare practitioners with at least one year of experience and who worked in all areas of primary healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Healthcare providers that are unwilling to participate in the present study have been eliminated