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participants indicated that their facilities were compliant Funding information
with the guidelines, the gaps that have been uncovered This research received no specific grant from any funding
indicate the need for ongoing education in this regard.
agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Limitations
Data availability statement
The main limitations of the study are as follows:
Data presented in this article can be available upon reasonable
• The small number of HCWs: results should be interpreted request to the corresponding author, provided that the source
with caution. of data is acknowledged.
• The use of a questionnaire may not reflect the actual
workplace competency of the participants.
• The answers reflect a local or specific context and therefore Disclaimer
generalisation of the study results may be limited. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of
• An operational bias exists in the mixing of different groups the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or
of HCWs with different levels of professional experience. position of any affiliated agency of the authors.
Nonetheless and surprisingly, the gaps were widespread
and did not link with individual categories of HCWs. References

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