Background: In this study, we aimed to determine knowledge levels\nregarding Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) among\nemergency healthcare workers (HCWs) in an endemic region.\nMethods: A questionnaire form consisting of questions about\nCCHF was applied to the participants.\nResults: The mean age was 29.6 �± 6.5 years (range 19 - 45). Fiftyfour\n(49.5%) participants were physicians, 39 (35.8%) were nurses\nand 16 (14.7%) were paramedics. All of the participants were aware\nof CCHF, and 48 (44%) of them had previously followed CCHF patients.\nRates of the use of protective equipment (masks and gloves)\nduring interventions for patients who were admitted to the emergency\nservice with active hemorrhage were 100% among paramedics,\n76.9% among nurses and 61.1% among physicians (P = 0.003).\nAmong 86 (78.9%) HCWs who believed that their knowledge regarding\nCCHF was adequate, 62 (56.9%) declared that they would\nprefer not to care for patients with CCHF (P = 0.608).\nConclusions: The use of techniques to prevent transmission of this\ndisease, including gloves, face masks, face visors and box coats,\nshould be explained to emergency room HCWs, and encouragement\nshould be provided for using these techniques.
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