Awareness of MERS-CoV among Staff Members of Prince Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saud H Aman; Mohammed I Aljaber; Abdullah I Alwehaibi; Fahad H Aman; Hamad A Algaeed; Sultan M Almasoud; Majed A Alahmari; Omair Al Hussain; Ahmed Elhag

Another challenge for these participants assessing their skills abilities in showing the proper way to wear an n-95 mask, specifically used during MERS-CoV infections. In dealing . CC-BY 4.0 International license is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It . https://doi.org/10.1101/474205 doi: bioRxiv preprint with this type of mask, they were correct in choosing the right steps, which reflects their seriousness and carefulness in entering infected zones, but, they were that quite careful in taking it off, as they put this choice as a second step. Whilst, Attention must be paid to this point, as it might reflect some unjustified hastiness practiced by professionals [20] . Also assessment of the participants reflected their high awareness of infection transmission and protection as precautionary steps for having good hand hygiene experience and practice during rush hours and epidemics. Majorly stating the right timing use reflects the strict adherence to hand hygiene which, is an essential and a basic practice and regime in health fields [20] .