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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2961</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.SP14</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Awareness on the Role of Health Care Workers in Covid-19 - Need of the Hour&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>E</surname><given-names>Divya Sri</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>V</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R</surname><given-names>Hannah</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R</surname><given-names>Gayathri</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>ti</volume><issue>-b</issue><fpage>122</fpage><lpage>127</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: The rapid and extensive spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is a major cause of concern for the healthcare professionals all around the globe. Little is known about the effectiveness of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers who take care of patients infected with the COVID-19. Materials and Methods: Self-administered questionnaire on the awareness of COVID-19 among healthcare professionals were prepared. The questions were distributed in Google forms and a hundred participants participated. The data were statistically analyzed through SPSS software. Results and Conclusion: The association between groups was assessed by Chi-square test where p __ampersandsignlt; 0.05 was considered statistically significant. We have observed that the association between gender and responses to awareness on methods awareness of diagnostic tests for COVID-19 was statistically significant (p = 0.002). There is a need for regular educational awareness programs and training programs on infection control practices for COVID-19 across all healthcare professionals. Thus, minimize the risk of transmission to healthcare workers and provide optimal care for patients.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> COVID-19</kwd><kwd> Hand sanitizer</kwd><kwd> Healthcare workers</kwd><kwd> Hygiene</kwd><kwd> Face mask</kwd><kwd> Online survey</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
