Authors: Balde Mamadou Dadhi, Bah Mamadou Bassirou, Balde El hadj Yaya, Camara Abdoulaye, Béavogui Mariame, Barry Ibrahima Sory, Kone Alpha, Balde Mamadou Aliou, Sylla Ibrahima Sory, Diakité Souleymane, Diallo Mamadou, Diallo Mamadou Madiou, Balde Aissatou Tiguidanke, Conde Mamady.
The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practices of the staff of the cardiology department Ignace Deen in the face of a suspected case of COVID-19 infection. The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus epidemic is responsible for very high morbidity in the world. The World Health Organization classifies it as a public health emergency. Guinea, through the National Health Security Agency (ANSS) recorded its first case of COVID-19 infection on March 12, 2020. Since the country has known 6,141 cases, including 37 cases of death among which are the staff health. The surveys were carried out at the cardiology department of the Ignace Deen National Hospital among all professional categories of the department. Health professionals included doctors, nurses and surface technicians (boys and girls in the ward).We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study that ran from June 1 to 30, 2020. During our study, 60 participants answered our questions. The average age of our participants was 33.5 ± 5 years with the extremes of 25 and 66 years old. The male gender predominated in this study, i.e. 73.7% against 26.3% of the female gender. Doctors were the most represented professional category, i.e. 66.7%, followed by nurses 25% and surface technicians with 8.3%. Our result corroborates the study carried out by Usman Rashid Malik et al. in Pakistan, doctors and nurses were the most represented health workers, at 37.4% and 29.4% respectively. Faced with this pandemic, of which no one knows the outcome, particular emphasis must be placed on training in the prevention and control of infections for staff, which is one of the strong links in the fight against this pandemic and the availability of personal protective equipment.
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