Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: a report from the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi

Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame; Singh, Arti; Abu-Sakyi, Joseph; Tawiah, Phyllis; Darkwa, Ivy; Wusu-Ansah, Osei Kwaku

doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.1.25749

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“…8 During the period we collected data for, all the health facilities had instituted a system of pre-triaging at the outpatient departments aimed at identifying suspected cases early. 21 This system, while certainly not full proof, may have subconsciously misled health workers to let down their guard on the assumption that those who were not picked up at pre-triaging were uninfected. On the risk of exposure, while other studies found that being exposed to infected patients was a risk factor the rather small proportion of people with high risk of exposure in our study suggests a larger sample size may be required for such a difference to be detectable.…”

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Risk factors for COVID-19 virus infection among health workers: A case-control study in the Bono East Region of Ghana

Opoku

Asante

Gyaase

et al. 2023

American Journal of Infection Control

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Risk factors for COVID-19 virus infection among health workers: A case-control study in the Bono East Region of Ghana

Opoku

Asante

Gyaase

et al. 2023

American Journal of Infection Control

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“…During the outbreak of COVID‐19 in Ghana, the management of the hospital closed down all outpatient departments and specialized clinics in order to reduce the rate of infection at the hospital and also to enable the hospital to adhere to the social distancing preventive strategy. Again, during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Ghana, hospital attendance was reduced drastically (Ayisi‐Boateng, Bankah, et al, 2020; Ayisi‐Boateng, Singh, et al, 2020). This helped to reduce the burden of workload on the nurses and midwives at the hospital.…”

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“…This means that burnout levels will reduce if there is adequate staff at the workplace. It is even more problematic during this time of the COVID‐19 outbreak where even though patient attendance declined (Ayisi‐Boateng, Singh, et al, 2020), the increased precautionary measures at work and not knowing which patient may be a source of infection increased health workers' burden at work, making the work more stressful. The fear of contracting the COVID‐19 may also lead to nurses detaching themselves from their job (Elhadi et al, 2020).…”

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“…In our study, it was observed that inadequate number of staff was a key determinant of high emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment. After adjusting for all the variables in the -Boateng, Singh, et al, 2020), the increased precautionary measures at work and not knowing which patient may be a source of infection increased health workers' burden at work, making the work more stressful. The fear of contracting the COVID-19 may also lead to nurses detaching themselves from their job (Elhadi et al, 2020).…”

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Determinants of burnout among nurses and midwives at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A cross‐sectional study

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Aim: This study determined the prevalence and key determinants of burnout among nurses and midwives in Kumasi, Ghana.Design: Hospital-based cross-sectional study. Method:A questionnaire was used to obtain data from 391 nurses and midwives at a tertiary hospital in Kumasi, Ghana using simple random sampling.Results: About 84.4% of the participants were females. The majority of the study participants experienced low burnout for all dimensions (58% in emotional exhaustion, 55.5% poor personal accomplishment and 38.3% depersonalization). Multiple regression analysis revealed that high emotional exhaustion was independently predicted by post-graduate education (β = 6.42, p = .003), lack of support from management (β = 2.07, p = .024), dislike for leadership style, (β = 3.54, p < .001) and inadequate number of staff (β = 2.93, p = .005). Age (β = 0.35, p = .004), lack of support from management (β = 1.60, p = .012), and inadequate number of staff (β = 1.49, p = .034) independently predicted high depersonalisation. Female sex (β = 4.36, p < .001) and years of practice (β = −0.26, p < .001) independently predicted low personal accomplishment.

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“…Patient information: a 24-year-old pregnant woman (nulliparous at 32 weeks) presented to the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) [ 8 ], Kumasi, Ghana with complaints of cough, fever, chills, and breathlessness of about 2 weeks duration. Prior to the onset of symptoms, she was a regular attendant at Antenatal Care (ANC), booked at 22 weeks+4 days, and had an uneventful pregnancy.…”

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COVID-19 and Burkholderia cepacia co-infection in pregnancy associated with fetal demise: a case report

Ampah¹,

Ayisi-Boateng²,

Sylverken³

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Pan Afr Med J

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Since the global pandemic of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), few studies have reported on the relevance of bacteria co-infection on outcome of COVID-19 patients. Little is known about the clinical presentation among pregnant women, mother-to-child transmission, and fetal outcomes. This report shows a 24-year-old nulliparous woman who was 32 weeks pregnant and was admitted to the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Ghana with symptoms of fever (40.3°C), cough and breathlessness of two weeks duration. Her nasopharyngeal sample tested positive for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and blood culture isolated Burkholderia cepacia. She was given medications but went into pre-term labour and delivered a stillborn baby. This rare case of COVID-19 and Burkholderia cepacia co-infection emphasizes the need for a thorough assessment and appropriate treatment of patients presenting with fever and respiratory symptoms in order to mitigate poor outcome.

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Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: a report from the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi

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Risk factors for COVID-19 virus infection among health workers: A case-control study in the Bono East Region of Ghana

Risk factors for COVID-19 virus infection among health workers: A case-control study in the Bono East Region of Ghana

Determinants of burnout among nurses and midwives at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A cross‐sectional study

COVID-19 and Burkholderia cepacia co-infection in pregnancy associated with fetal demise: a case report

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