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Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) threats are one of the major concerns related to global security and threat. It is an unexceptional CBRNE crisis in the industrial area of Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, as the industrial sector keeps growing resulted to a cris...

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Main Authors: Yahya, Nor Yazjehan, Md. Ali, Abd. Halim, Rahmat, Rashdan, Ahmad Termizi, Maryam Sumaiya, Zazali, Ahmad Khairi, Jamalluddin, Siti Nur Fariha
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101055/1/NorYazjehanYahya2022_PreparednesstowardsChemicalBiologicalRadiological.pdf
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spelling my.utm.1010552023-05-25T04:08:34Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101055/ Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia Yahya, Nor Yazjehan Md. Ali, Abd. Halim Rahmat, Rashdan Ahmad Termizi, Maryam Sumaiya Zazali, Ahmad Khairi Jamalluddin, Siti Nur Fariha TP Chemical technology Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) threats are one of the major concerns related to global security and threat. It is an unexceptional CBRNE crisis in the industrial area of Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, as the industrial sector keeps growing resulted to a crisis of toxic chemical exposure which affected 6000 lives in 2019. It is then had put more concern among healthcare personnel towards CBRNE disaster. It is of critical importance to assess the extent of preparedness in CBRNE hazards. Therefore, this article is primarily aimed to evaluate the level of preparedness among healthcare personnel toward CBRNE crises. 114 responses through questionnaire had been collected from healthcare personnel of four government agencies and was analyzed using SPSS Version 27. According to the results, progressive exposure to CBRNE knowledge with more than 5 years of working experience demonstrated an advanced level of preparedness towards CBRNE disaster. The impact of knowledge and resilience level proved to be strongly connected to CBRNE preparedness. Therefore, initiatives to improve CBRNE preparedness will provide endless CBRNE awareness. This study will enable the management to measure the readiness of other essential healthcare professionals or first responders while also assisting improving the quality of service among healthcare personnel towards disaster. Elsevier Ltd. 2022-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101055/1/NorYazjehanYahya2022_PreparednesstowardsChemicalBiologicalRadiological.pdf Yahya, Nor Yazjehan and Md. Ali, Abd. Halim and Rahmat, Rashdan and Ahmad Termizi, Maryam Sumaiya and Zazali, Ahmad Khairi and Jamalluddin, Siti Nur Fariha (2022) Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 82 (103235). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2212-4209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103235 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103235
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topic TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Yahya, Nor Yazjehan
Md. Ali, Abd. Halim
Rahmat, Rashdan
Ahmad Termizi, Maryam Sumaiya
Zazali, Ahmad Khairi
Jamalluddin, Siti Nur Fariha
Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia
description Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) threats are one of the major concerns related to global security and threat. It is an unexceptional CBRNE crisis in the industrial area of Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, as the industrial sector keeps growing resulted to a crisis of toxic chemical exposure which affected 6000 lives in 2019. It is then had put more concern among healthcare personnel towards CBRNE disaster. It is of critical importance to assess the extent of preparedness in CBRNE hazards. Therefore, this article is primarily aimed to evaluate the level of preparedness among healthcare personnel toward CBRNE crises. 114 responses through questionnaire had been collected from healthcare personnel of four government agencies and was analyzed using SPSS Version 27. According to the results, progressive exposure to CBRNE knowledge with more than 5 years of working experience demonstrated an advanced level of preparedness towards CBRNE disaster. The impact of knowledge and resilience level proved to be strongly connected to CBRNE preparedness. Therefore, initiatives to improve CBRNE preparedness will provide endless CBRNE awareness. This study will enable the management to measure the readiness of other essential healthcare professionals or first responders while also assisting improving the quality of service among healthcare personnel towards disaster.
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author Yahya, Nor Yazjehan
Md. Ali, Abd. Halim
Rahmat, Rashdan
Ahmad Termizi, Maryam Sumaiya
Zazali, Ahmad Khairi
Jamalluddin, Siti Nur Fariha
author_facet Yahya, Nor Yazjehan
Md. Ali, Abd. Halim
Rahmat, Rashdan
Ahmad Termizi, Maryam Sumaiya
Zazali, Ahmad Khairi
Jamalluddin, Siti Nur Fariha
author_sort Yahya, Nor Yazjehan
title Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia
title_short Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia
title_full Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats among healthcare personnel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia
title_sort preparedness towards chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (cbrne) threats among healthcare personnel in pasir gudang, johor, malaysia
publisher Elsevier Ltd.
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101055/1/NorYazjehanYahya2022_PreparednesstowardsChemicalBiologicalRadiological.pdf
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