Efficiency of Adherence to Safety practices and protocols in protection during handling of covid-19 samples in the laboratories 2020 Higher Diploma of Quality and Medical Laboratory Management

7^th International Conference on Infectious Diseases: Control and Prevention

May 26-27, 2023 | London, UK

Amani Hashim Yousif

Kau Midical Servec Center, Saudi Arabia

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Clin Infect Dis

Abstract :

Background: Coronaviruses are large group of viruses that can cause disease in animals and humans. This virus emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019. Corona virus can cause mild respiratory infection, like common cold, but can lead to serious illnesses, like pneumonia. Due to the severity of this disease most of people applied the safety precautions, particularly health care workers. Aim: According to CDC and OSHA standard the study aimed to detect if the safety practices applied in side laboratories according to OSHA and CDC standard, can provide a good protection for laboratory workers from covid_1 Material and Method: To find out, the researcher prepared a close- ended questionnaire depending on Likert scale and containing various questions about safety practices should be applied in side laboratories to avoid incidence of infection with corona. After that the questionnaire was distributed to twenty laboratory technologists from different laboratories, eleven of them from Makkah region (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and nine from AL- Doha (Qatar). Result: The most important result was 85% of laboratory workers protected themselves form infection with covid_19 after applying most of appropriate safety practice when manipulating of corona virus samples and there was 14.3% infected with corona virus, suggesting that the adherence to safety practice in side laboratories is very importance to give good protection against covid_19 infection. Conclusion: The study showed obviously, there is a strong relationship between the adherence of laboratory employee to safety precautions and the incidence of infection. Key words: Covid-19, sars_cov_2, PPE, N95 respirator, BSC, CDC, OSHA, safety practices.

Biography :

Amani Hashim Yousif is a medical laboratory specialist currently living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree of Medical Laboratory from Sudan University of Science and Technology, higher diploma in Quality and laboratory management, and she is in process of completion of master degree in medical microbiology and immunology. Amani used to work for Medical services center, King Abdelaziz University as medical laboratory specialist for more than 11 years, which made her gain an excellent laboratory skills, depth knowledge of QHSE management systems, preventative measures, and laboratory practices. Amani participated in volunteer work in education of patients in world health days and in training of medical laboratory student at King Abdelaziz University.