COVID-19 Health Management and Business Continuity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayamak Amin Zada
Keyword(s):  
Health Management ◽  
Business Continuity ◽  
Specific Procedure ◽  
Medical Assessment ◽  
Specific Pcr ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Continuous Application ◽  
Close Contacts

Abstract Considering the world faces an unprecedented challenge with economies everywhere affected by the COVID-19 pandemic there was an extreme need for coming together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic bringing governments, organizations from across industries and individuals together to manage this global outbreak. From the early stages of pandemic escalation, SOCAR AQS realized that only diversified measures would minimize risks, fulfil the duty of care responsibilities and promote workforce resilience. The establishment of the COVID-19 crisis management team ensured the continuous application of a proactive risk-based approach aligned with governmental regulations on the ground of the most up to date local and international information including the industry best practices. Access to the offices for all relevant staff and visitors was minimized, and the specific procedure for work from home was developed. A combination of preventive measures at all worksites and transportation facilities is held through regular effective disinfection, health checks, continuous access to the required personal protection and hygiene facilities, maintaining social distancing, and careful tracing close contacts for all suspected cases. Health promotion to all staff is conducted through various communication means. Two-stage pre-mobilization COVID-19 screening was implemented through a comprehensive health questionnaire prior to commuting at the entrance of quarantine facilities. There was a week of individual isolation in the designated controlled quarantine facilities with optimal detectability of the virus by the fifth day followed by highly-specific PCR testing before entering operational worksites enables early revealing of an infection prior to its manifestation in the human body. Specific post-illness medical assessment is a key for individual healthy return to work is carried out. Considering vaccines as a critical new tool in the battle against COVID-19, vaccination of all offshore personnel is implemented. As an outcome, the entire process provided a prudent way to ensure the continuation of uninterrupted operations resulted in zero COVID-19 detection at the quarantine worksites by follow-up of suspected cases during first eight months of the pandemic fight in Azerbaijan. In conclusion, the abovementioned statement provides the guidelines for the workforce working on worksites or in offices, and clear expectations of the measures to be taken to ensure COVID-19 health management and smooth business continuity are maintained.

scholarly journals Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Satoh ◽  
Tetsuya Ohira ◽  
Mitsuaki Hosoya ◽  
Akira Sakai ◽  
Tsuyoshi Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Glucose Metabolism ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 forced the evacuation of a large number of residents and created changes in the lifestyle of the evacuees. These changes may have affected the evacuees’ glucose metabolism, thereby leading to an increase in the incidence of diabetes. This study included Japanese men and women who were living near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima prefecture before the disaster. Subjects subsequently underwent annual health checkups with a focus on metabolic syndromes, which were conducted under the Health Care Insurers. Using the Comprehensive Health Check survey, we analyzed changes in the glucose metabolism before and after the disaster. A total of 27,486 subjects underwent follow-up examinations after the disaster, with a mean follow-up period of 1.6 years. After the disaster, the prevalence of diabetes increased significantly, and we observed that the incidence of diabetes was significantly greater among evacuees than among nonevacuees. Furthermore, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that evacuation was significantly associated with the incidence of diabetes. In conclusion, this is the first study to demonstrate that evacuation is associated with the incidence of diabetes. This information may be used to guide follow-up recommendations for evacuees.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Sexual Violence Situation in a Regional Hospital in Guatemala: The Need for a Multidisciplinary Clinic

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S105-S105
Author(s):  
Blanca Soto ◽  
Miriam Canet ◽  
Diego Erdmenger
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hepatitis B Testing

Abstract Background Sexual violence is a global health problem, in terms of age and sex, showing a significant negative impact on health. Incidence in Guatemala is among the highest of the region reaching an average of 23 cases reported daily nationally per statistics from the Ministry of Health in 2015. Methods Retrospective analysis of the database of all sexual violence cases reported from a secondary -level national hospital in Guatemala from January 2005 to September 2015 (period A) and in-depth analysis on demographic and epidemiological data along with information of the follow-up of cases between January 2012 and September 2015 (period B) was performed. Results Period A: 500 cases; female (96%; 481/500). Assault occurred between 16–20 years (34%; 163/481) 11–15 years (22.25%; 107/481), and 21–30 years (22.04%; 106/481). From all reported male cases, 73.68% (14/19) occurred under 15 years. Period B: 154/217 (70.96%) cases included; female (95.45%; 147/154), mean age: 17.87 years. Assault occurred in public spaces (57.14%; 88/154) and victim’s home (29.87%; 46/154). Almost 13% of victims reported history of previous assault, 5.84% by the same aggressor. More than one aggressor participated in 36.37% of assaults. Physical violence was associated in 57.79% of cases. Most victims (92.76%; 141/152) consulted within 72 hours of the assault. HIV, VDRL, and Hepatitis B testing performed in 100, 52, and 33.77%, respectively, were negative. Follow-up visits at 3, 6, and 12 months after the aggression were attended by 20.78% (30/154), 1.95% (3/154), and 1.95% (3/154) of victims, respectively. Psychology support was completed only in 18.18% (28/154). Emergency contraception was provided when indicated; pregnancy as result of the aggression was reported in nine cases (5.84%). Conclusion The study shows that young women were the most vulnerable group for sexual violence. There is a lack of multidisciplinary approach and follow-up. Interventions on infectious diseases screening have to be optimized to reduce the risk of ETS transmission. This evidence supports the need for a specialized clinic to ensure access to comprehensive health services for victims. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.

School Absenteeism and Child Health

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-465
Author(s):  
Daniel S. Blumenthal
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Ancillary Services ◽  
School Absenteeism ◽  
Maintenance Care ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
And Child Health

Drs. Moore and Frank have reported that the rate of school absenteeism in Charlestown, Massachusetts, increased subsequent to the establishment of a comprehensive health center in the area.1 One might speculate that the presence of the center itself was responsible for part or all of this increase. Many children who were not acutely ill and who would not ordinarily have visited the doctor might have been absent from school in order to keep appointments for follow-up or maintenance care or for social or other ancillary services.

scholarly journals A patient with respiratory toxigenic diphtheria in Greece after more than 30 years

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Georgakopoulou ◽  
K. Tryfinopoulou ◽  
A. Doudoulakakis ◽  
F. Nikolaou ◽  
I. Magaziotou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Management ◽  
Asymptomatic Carrier ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Asymptomatic Carriage ◽  
Laboratory Confirmation ◽  
Toxigenic Strains ◽  
Susceptible Populations ◽  
High Level ◽  
Close Contacts

Abstract The introduction of treatment and systematic vaccination has significantly reduced diphtheria mortality; however, toxigenic strains continue to circulate worldwide. The emergence of an indigenous diphtheria case with fatal outcome in Greece, after 30 years, raised challenges for laboratory confirmation, clinical and public health management. Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae was isolated from an incompletely vaccinated 8-year-old boy with underlying conditions. The child passed away due to respiratory distress syndrome, before the administration of diphtheria antitoxin (DAT). All close contacts in family, school and hospital settings were investigated. Pharyngeal swabs were obtained to determine asymptomatic carriage. Chemoprophylaxis was given for 7 days to all close contacts and a booster dose to those incompletely vaccinated. Testing revealed a classmate, belonging to a subpopulation group (Roma), and incompletely vaccinated, as an asymptomatic carrier with an indistinguishable toxigenic strain (same novel multilocus sequence type, designated ST698). This case highlights the role of asymptomatic carriage, as the entry of toxigenic strains into susceptible populations can put individuals and their environment at risk. Maintenance of high-level epidemiological and microbiological surveillance, implementation of systematic vaccination in children and adults with primary and booster doses, availability of a DAT stockpile, and allowing timely administration are the cornerstone to prevent similar incidents in the future.

scholarly journals Positive Outcomes of a Comprehensive Health Literacy Communication Training for Health Professionals in Three European Countries: A Multi-centre Pre-post Intervention Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marise S. Kaper ◽  
Andrea F. de Winter ◽  
Roberta Bevilacqua ◽  
Cinzia Giammarchi ◽  
Anne McCusker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Comprehensive Health

Many professionals have limited knowledge of how to address health literacy; they need a wider range of health literacy competencies to enhance empowerment and person-centred prevention. We evaluated whether: (1) a comprehensive health literacy training increased self-rated competencies of health professionals to address health literacy related problems and support the development of people’s autonomy and self-management abilities after training and 6–12 weeks later, (2) professionals were satisfied with the training, (3) outcomes differed for the three participating European countries. Health professionals (N = 106) participated in a multicentre pre-post intervention study in Italy, the Netherlands and Northern Ireland. The 8-hour training-intervention involved health literacy knowledge, the practice of comprehensible communication skills, shared decision-making, and enhancing self-management. Self-rated health literacy competencies and training satisfaction were assessed at baseline, immediately after training and 6-12 weeks later, and analysed by multi-level analysis. Professionals’ self-rated health literacy competencies significantly improved following training in all three countries; this increase persisted at 6-12 weeks follow-up. The strongest increase regarded professional’s skills to enhance shared-decision making and enabling self-management after training and follow-up respectively. Professionals perceived the training as relevant for practice. Competency increases seemed to be consistent across countries. In three countries, professionals’ self-rated health literacy competencies increased following this comprehensive training. These promising findings should be confirmed in a further full effect study. Implementation of this training in European education and health care may improve person-centred communication by professionals and might help to tackle health literacy related problems and to strengthen people’s abilities in achieving better health outcomes.

Immunity-based aircraft actuator failure evaluation

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 729-739
Author(s):  
Mario Perhinschi ◽  
Dia Al Azzawi ◽  
Hever Moncayo ◽  
Andres Perez ◽  
Adil Togayev
Keyword(s):  
Prediction Models ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Actuator Failure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Flight Envelope ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
Process System ◽  
Failure Conditions ◽  
Low Dimensional

Purpose This paper aims to present the development of prediction models for aircraft actuator failure impact on flight envelope within the artificial immune system (AIS) paradigm. Design/methodology/approach Simplified algorithms are developed for estimating ranges of flight envelope-relevant variables using an AIS in conjunction with the hierarchical multi-self strategy. The AIS is a new computational paradigm mimicking mechanisms of its biological counterpart for health management of complex systems. The hierarchical multi-self strategy consists of building the AIS as a collection of low-dimensional projections replacing the hyperspace of the self to avoid numerical and conceptual issues related to the high dimensionality of the problem. Findings The proposed methodology demonstrates the capability of the AIS to not only detect and identify abnormal conditions (ACs) of the aircraft subsystem but also evaluate their impact and consequences. Research limitations/implications The prediction of altered ranges of relevant variables at post-failure conditions requires failure-specific algorithms to correlate with the characteristics and dimensionality of self-projections. Future investigations are expected to expand the types of subsystems that are affected and the nature of the ACs targeted. Practical implications It is expected that the proposed methodology will facilitate the design of on-board augmentation systems to increase aircraft survivability and improve operation safety. Originality/value The AIS paradigm is extended to AC evaluation as part of an integrated and comprehensive health management process system, also including AC detection, identification and accommodation.

scholarly journals Primary meningococcal conjunctivitis: Summary of evidence for the clinical and public health management of cases and close contacts

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 490-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydel R. Parikh ◽  
Helen Campbell ◽  
Sema Mandal ◽  
Mary E. Ramsay ◽  
Shamez N. Ladhani
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Close Contacts ◽  
Public Health Management

scholarly journals P1547THE EFFECT OF INTERNET-BASED CLOSED-LOOP MANAGEMENT ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS ON PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, A SELF-CONTROL STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Cao
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Peritoneal Dialysis ◽  
Management System ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Dialysis Patients

Abstract Background and Aims With the continuous advancement of information technology, mobile Internet has entered every family and shown its unique advantages. The development of hospital's information construction on the management of chronic disease, the continuous improvement of hospital APP and Wechat public number functions have provided intelligent services for patients throughout the process. Along with this process, the way of hospital patient follow-up has gradually expanded and improved, and the automation and intellectualization of follow-up work has become a reality. However, The establishment of peritoneal dialysis health management professional team and the implementation of closed-loop health management model, which is based on the Internet closed-loop management model has no clear impact on the self-management ability, quality of life and treatment effect of peritoneal dialysis patients. To explore the effectiveness of Internet based in-hospital and out of hospital closed loop management on the quality of life of patients with peritoneal dialysis, it is necessary to establish a set of closed loop management system for chronic diseases patients with promotion and practical significance. Method From July 2017 to July 2018, 214 patients with continuous peritoneal dialysis were followed up regularly in the Department of Nephrology of our hospital, and voluntarily participated in this study. The mean follow-up time was 12.6 ± 1.5 months. The differences of blood electrolytes, quality control indexes, self-management ability, quality of life of renal disease and hospital satisfaction were observed before and after closed-loop management. Results Ability of self-management behavior (p < 0.001), quality of life (p < 0.001), satisfaction (p < 0.001), the incidence of infection (p < 0.05), serum albumin (p < 0.05), hemoglobin (p < 0.05)were improved after participating in the closed-loop management. Conclusion The closed-loop management system based on Internet closed-loop management model is effective for the quality of life and treatment effect of peritoneal dialysis patients, which integrates the core functions of follow-up records, intelligent early warning, doctor-patient communication and health education. Through this closed-loop management, medical staff can digitally collect, store, transmit and process the information of in-hospital and out-of-hospital conditions through follow-up analysis, health guidance and remote assistance to achieve the purpose of patient health management. This study shows that this closed-loop management system can effectively manage the health of peritoneal dialysis patients, and provides a replicable model for the management of chronic diseases. Therefore, a comprehensive closed-loop management system based on mobile Internet and information technology, with clinical care as the leading factor and peritoneal dialysis patients as the terminal is a feasible and acceptable follow-up management method for peritoneal dialysis patients and hospitals.

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