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Infection prevention and control measures implemented in Sentinella practices in 2019 and 2021

Switzerland, 2019 - 2021
Department of family medicine (DMF)
Mueller, Yolanda
Created on February 02, 2022 Last modified March 07, 2022 Page views 1885 Download 920 Documentation in PDF Metadata DDI/XML JSON
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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.
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

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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 Email
Racine, Céline (Repository manager) Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland dfri.data@unisante.ch
Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
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

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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

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Producers
Name Abbreviation
Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland Unisante
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 (02.2022)
Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Route de Berne 113
1010 Lausanne
Switzerland
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