Table 1.
COVID-19 containment measures adopted by Italian Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Association (AIEOP) centres to prevent the virus spread among healthcare providers (multi-response questions, n = 36).
| Implementation Area | Containment measure adopted (healthcare providers) | na | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal protective equipment (PPE) Related Behaviours | Alcohol-based hand rub available in the common areas | 23 | 63.9 |
| Chlorine-based disinfectants provision to clean surfaces and environments | 30 | 83.3 | |
| Wearing mask as an essential criterion to enter the facilities | 22 | 61.1 | |
| Wearing gloves as an essential criterion to enter the facilities | 5 | 13.9 | |
| Use of thermal scanner for those workers who enter the facilities | 1 | 2.8 | |
| Body temperature measured or self-reported at the beginning of every work shift | 20 | 55.6 | |
| Work Organization | Staff meetings suspended | 29 | 80.6 |
| Events determining gathering in the workplace suspended or reorganized (i.e. nurses' handover, rest breaks at work) | 22 | 61.1 | |
| Hospital cafeteria closed to professionals | 15 | 41.7 | |
| Hospital canteen closed to professional | 9 | 25 | |
| Healthcare holidays or any kind of work permit suspended | 12 | 33.3 | |
| Smart work solutions activated (when possible) | 16 | 44.4 | |
| Pediatric onco-haematology staff moved to COVID-19 units | 19 | 52.8 | |
| Financial | Salary increase or supplementary payments for the frontline medical staff | 0 | 0 |
| Training | E-learning about PPE | 12 | 33.3 |
| E-learning about the pandemic | 13 | 36.1 | |
| Health Related | Home isolation period if positive swabs and no symptoms | 28 | 77.8 |
| No home isolation period and/or no swabs performed to those healthcare providers without symptoms, even in case of previous direct contact with a COVID-19 confirmed case | 7 | 19.4 | |
| Home isolation period and/or swabs performed if no symptoms but direct contact with a COVID-19 confirmed case | 11 | 30.6 | |
| Home isolation period if healthcare providers presented symptoms | 16 | 44.4 | |
| Dedicated phone number to answer COVID-19 related questions from healthcare staff | 22 | 61.1 | |
| Diagnostic | Swabs performed to the entire staff | 8 | 22.2 |
| Swabs performed to those healthcare providers who were in contact with a COVID-19 confirmed case, without wearing PPE | 20 | 55.6 | |
| Swabs performed to those healthcare providers who presented symptoms (fever and respiratory symptoms) | 14 | 38.9 | |
| Others (e.g. serological tests) | 4 | 11.1 |
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Multi-response questions.