Description of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk in Indonesian Nurses Due to COVID-19 Exposure

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019is a disease caused by a novel coronavirus called (SARS- CoV-2). In November 10, 2020, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were more than 49 million people recorded by WHO.Indonesian National Nurses Association data on November 12, 2020, showed that 113 Indonesian nurses died from COVID-19. This study aims to describe the handwashing activities, PPE using, work duration, psychological and comorbidities of nurses in Indonesia. It used quantitative methods, purposive sampling and percentage descriptive for statistical analysis. The design was descriptive survey and online form. There were 112 respondents. The determination of criteria was based on the normal curve. There were 89 people (79.50%) in the low category for the comorbid variable. For work duration, there were 64.30% included in the good category. Using the PPE variable had a high category which is 91 people (81.25%). Respondents who constantly washed their hands were 109 people (97.32%) including in the high class. COVID-19 symptoms found that there were low category 112 people (100%). Most respondents were in the low category of comorbidities. Besides, they had sufficient work duration, they were good in the frequency of using PPE and applying it to hand wash. They also had a low category in COVID-19 symptoms