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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL REPORT (IJMEPR )

E-ISSN 2579-0498
P-ISSN 2695-2181
VOL. 8 NO. 2 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijmepr.v8.no2.2024.pg45.53

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Assessment of the Challenges of donning and Doffing in the Management of Covid 19 Patients in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Northeast Nigeria

Monicah Magaji, Hajara Yakubu Jibrin, Ogunleye Oluchukwu Blessing, Muhammad Adamu

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Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has a major impact on the capacity of health systems to continue the delivery of essential health services. While health systems around the world are being challenged by increasing demand for care of COVID-19 patients, it is critical to maintain preventive and curative services, especially for the most vulnerable populations, such as children, older persons, people living with chronic conditions, minorities and people living with disabilities. Countries need to achieve the optimal balance between fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and maintenance of essential health services. WHO have been coordinating efforts across several regions and departments to support country implementation of targeted actions to reorganize and maintain access to safe and high-quality essential health services across the life course (WHO, 2020). This research had specifically appraised on Challenges of donning and Doffing in the Management of Covid 19 Patients in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, Northeast Nigeria. The methodology employed were mixed method research designed was used to collect data from ten (10) nurses at the covid 19 isolation centre ATBU Teaching hospital, who were frontline using an in-depth interview who were purposively selected and quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive data statistics while the qualitative data transcribed and analyzed using

keywords:

challenges, donning, doffing, covid 19 patients, PPE etc

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