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Frontline worker's prevalence of occupational skin disease has increased as a result of staff infection control measures such increased personal protective equipment (PPE) and stricter hand hygiene procedures. During the COVID-19 pandemic, assess the frequency of occupational skin disorders among healthcare workers at the general hospitals in the Najran region of southern Saudi Arabia is our main aim. Our objective comprises a cross-sectional study that will be carried out at the general hospitals in the Najran region of southern Saudi Arabia between March 1 and April 31, 2022, in order to achieve the goal. All medical professionals received a self-administered online survey (physicians, nurses and paramedics). The questionnaire asked about the severity of skin damage and the frequency and length of time that various infection prevention strategies were used. It was found that 68.2% had new onset of obvious skin damage and 31.8 % did not. 21.6% of the new onset of obvious skin damage was on the fingertips, 46.6% was on the hands, 22.4% was in paws, 3.4% was on the face and 6.0% was under the eye. 29.8% of the symptoms of the damaged site was itching, 44.7% dryness, 12.8% burning/pain, and 12.8% tenderness. 16.5 % of the type of skin lesions was peeling, 28.2% fissure, 18.8% erosion/ulcer, 24.7% redness, 4.7% papule (pimples) and 7.1% others. In our study, 68.2% of our participants suffered obvious skin damage during the pandemic: 90.6% of this occurred on the hands and 9.4% on the face. Contact dermatitis in the form of itching, dryness, burning, pain and tenderness were the most common adverse effects noted. Therefore, it is important to organize training on the prevention and management of possible skin lesions due to PPE use according to guidelines.
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This research aimed to investigate;the extent to which Fintech affects the development of entrepreneurship and;the moderation role of banking institutions in the relationship between Fintech and entrepreneurship development during the Covid-19 pandemic. A detailed literature review of studies was undertaken to provide an academic and theoretical basis from which fieldwork could be carried out, studying impact of Fintech subtitles on entrepreneurship development;Fintech awareness, fintech data security and trust, ease of use of fintech, quality of fintech services and time spent on fintech. Lastly, conclude that the increased usage of information technology boosts enterprises’ capacity to innovate and increase their administrative and marketing processes. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.