scholarly journals Variation in health care worker removal of personal protective equipment

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 750-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Zellmer ◽  
Sarah Van Hoof ◽  
Nasia Safdar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Worker ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Care Worker

scholarly journals Triaging in COVID-19 at Patan Hospital, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-79
Author(s):  
Samita Acharya ◽  
Kripa Maharjan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Worker ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Cross Contamination ◽  
Care Worker

Amid this pandemic, which has been spreading like a wildfire globally, Nepal is not an exception to it. With this, we have been hearing the news of global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), with growing concern over the safety of medical community and possibility of cross-contamination. Triaging is less researched and reported in COVID-19. It is as important as PPE, a gateway of safety for health care worker. If we have to manage COVID-19, ensuring triage should be among the priority strategies. Patan hospital is among the few hospitals in Nepal where triaging is practiced.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in dentistry- Ethical considerations

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 396-399
Author(s):  
Ronel Maart ◽  
Riaan Mulder ◽  
Saadika Khan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Worker ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Aerosol Generation ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Care Worker

The reach of Coronavirus Disease - 2019 (COVID-19) has even reached the ethical guidelines for good practice from the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).The health care worker should carefully consider the guidance outlined in several of the booklets as patient treatment has multiple dimensions where COVID-19 had impacted on clinical practice. Due to the nature of dentistry and aerosol generation, special care must be taken when treating healthy patients and patients that are carriers but do not realise that they are COVID-19 positive.COVID-19 transmission and aerosol dissemination may expose the practice team to hazards of infection. The risk is elevated when implementing aerosol generating procedures without any protective equipment. The oral health care worker (OHCW) and staff thus require the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) as suggested by country-specific guidelines, for example, The South African Dental Association (SADA).To this extent, practicing dentistry in the 21st century is complex and amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic the OHCW is presented with more pitfalls. As the pandemic is showing no sign of abating in SA, this has presented the OHCW with a range of additional ethical considerations.These dilemmas may be resolved in a variety of ways following an understanding of the basic knowledge of core ethical values and standards for good practice outlined by the HPCSA guidelines.

scholarly journals Donning and doffing of personal protective equipment protocol and key points of nursing care for patients with COVID-19 in ICU

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-307
Author(s):  
Li Yuan ◽  
Shu Chen ◽  
Yafang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Health Event ◽  
High Level ◽  
Care Worker

Coronavirus pandemic is the most important public health event in the world currently. Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a critical state are at risk of progressing rapidly into many serve complications; they require a high level of care from ICU nurses. How to avoid the virus to infect health care worker is also a critical issue. Based on the summarized experience of Chinese health workers, literature review and clinical practice, this article introduced donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) protocol and some keypoints of nursing critical care in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): caring of patients requiring intubation and ventilation, venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention, caring of patients on ECMO, caring for patients requiring enteral nutrition, psychological support and nursing management of COVID-19 ICU. This article introduced a useful protocol of donning and doffing personal protective equipment to protect health care workers, and provided key points for the ICU nurses how to take care of COVID-19 patients.

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