Infection prevention and control measures implemented in Sentinella practices in 2019 and 2021
Switzerland, 2019 - 2021
Mueller, Yolanda
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Identification
Survey ID Number
10.16909-dataset-29
Title
Infection prevention and control measures implemented in Sentinella practices in 2019 and 2021
Translated Title
Mesures de prévention et de contrôle de l’infection appliquées dans les cabinets Sentinella en 2019 et 2021
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Switzerland | CHE |
Abstract
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in health care settings, including primary care.
Aim
To describe how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced adherence to infection prevention and control measures in private practices in the Swiss sentinel network (Sentinella).
Methods
An online cross-sectional survey was sent to the 181 Sentinella practices in 2021 that included questions on the practice’s spatial organisation, staff habits and vaccination coverage, surgery ventilation, mask wearing, hand hygiene and triage and separation of patients with suspected infection. Results were compared with those of a 2019 survey conducted in the same setting.
Findings
We received 127 valid questionnaires (70.2% response rate). At the time of the study, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was underway among physicians (47.2%). In 2019 and in 2021, physicians reported similar influenza vaccination rates (90.2% vs 90.6%, respectively). However, mask wearing guidelines for staff jumped from non-existent (55.7%) to recommendation for continuous wearing (93.7%); hand hygiene improved, especially upon arrival at the practice (63.9% vs 85.8%; p<0.001) and before examining patients (74.6% vs 88.2%; p<0.010); impossibility of distancing symptomatic patients dropped (27.9% vs 3.9%, p <0.001); and ventilation and cleaning improved (p<0.001).
Conclusion
The COVID-19 pandemic led to important changes in adhering to the recommended IPC measures.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in health care settings, including primary care.
Aim
To describe how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced adherence to infection prevention and control measures in private practices in the Swiss sentinel network (Sentinella).
Methods
An online cross-sectional survey was sent to the 181 Sentinella practices in 2021 that included questions on the practice’s spatial organisation, staff habits and vaccination coverage, surgery ventilation, mask wearing, hand hygiene and triage and separation of patients with suspected infection. Results were compared with those of a 2019 survey conducted in the same setting.
Findings
We received 127 valid questionnaires (70.2% response rate). At the time of the study, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was underway among physicians (47.2%). In 2019 and in 2021, physicians reported similar influenza vaccination rates (90.2% vs 90.6%, respectively). However, mask wearing guidelines for staff jumped from non-existent (55.7%) to recommendation for continuous wearing (93.7%); hand hygiene improved, especially upon arrival at the practice (63.9% vs 85.8%; p<0.001) and before examining patients (74.6% vs 88.2%; p<0.010); impossibility of distancing symptomatic patients dropped (27.9% vs 3.9%, p <0.001); and ventilation and cleaning improved (p<0.001).
Conclusion
The COVID-19 pandemic led to important changes in adhering to the recommended IPC measures.
Unit of Analysis
The unit of analysis is the medical practices. The number of participant practices was 122 in 2019 and 127 in 2021.
Version
Version Description
Version 1.0
Version Date
2022-01-31
Scope
Keywords
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Switzerland
Universe
General internal medicine and paediatric practices of the swiss sentinel network Sentinella
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Mueller, Yolanda | Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté) |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Rytz, Raphaël | Federal Office of Public Health – Sentinella network | Survey distribution to Sentinella practices |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Lehmann, Iza | Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté) | Data interpretation, writing of manuscript |
| Peytremann, Arnaud | Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté) | Participation to drafting the study questionnaire, data analysis, reviewing manuscript |
| Price Hirt, Melanie | Write Lines Editing | English editing |
| Members | Sentinella program commission | Reviewing survey questionnaire |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2019-03-12 | 2019-04-15 |
| 2021-03-01 | 2021-04-11 |
Data Collection Mode
Online survey
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
questionnaire
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Racine, Céline (Repository manager) | Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland | dfri.data@unisante.ch |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Céline Racine (Repository administrator) | Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland | dfri.data@unisante.ch |
| Mueller, Yolanda (Principal Investigator) | Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland | yolanda.mueller@unisante.ch |
Citation requirements
Mueller Y., Rytz R., Lehmann I., Peytremann A. Infection prevention and control measures implemented in Sentinella practices in 2019 and 2021. Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Version 1.0 of the licensed dataset (January 2022), provided by the Unisanté Research Data Repository. DOI:10.16909/DATASET/29
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Copyright
(c) 2022, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Metadata production
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland | Unisante |
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 (02.2022)