• Matías Tapia P, Magdalena Méndez, Willy Seguel, Consuelo Robles, Sebastián Hurtado, Rubén Ávila, Cristóbal Davanzo, Gonzalo Barrera, Susana Searle, and Rodrigo Tejos.
• Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
• Rev Med Chil. 2020 Nov 1; 148 (11): 1589-1597.

BackgroundCOVID-19 is highly transmissible, thus requiring strict measures to prevent its propagation.AimTo report a survey about self-reported adherence to recommendations aimed to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, among health care personnel.Material And MethodsA cross-sectional survey among health professionals about adherence to recommendations to prevent COVID-19 transmission was carried out in a public hospital in Chile. The survey had 11 questions and was developed using Delphi methodology, according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control.ResultsThe survey was answered by 137 of 155 invited workers. Hand washing, use of personal protection equipment, use of the elbow or tissue to sneeze, out-of-hospital hand washing and exclusive use of the uniform in the hospital, had an adherence of over 90%. The adherence to face touching avoidance during working hours, and face mask use in the public areas, was over 50%. No statistical differences were observed between gender or professionals.ConclusionsThe adherence reported by health care workers was adequate in most of the evaluated recommendations.

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