Transmission of Respiratory Viral Diseases to Health Care Workers: COVID-19 as an Example

2022 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda M. Wilson ◽  
Darrah K. Sleeth ◽  
Camie Schaefer ◽  
Rachael M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
The Body ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Indirect Contact ◽  
Care Workers

Health care workers (HCWs) can acquire infectious diseases, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), from patients. Herein, COVID-19 is used with the source–pathway–receptor framework as an example to assess evidence for the role of aerosol transmission and indirect contact transmission of viral respiratory infectious diseases. Evidence for both routes is strong for COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses, but aerosol transmission is likely dominant for COVID-19. Key knowledge gaps about transmission processes and control strategies include the distribution of viable virus among respiratory aerosols of different sizes, the mechanisms and efficiency by which virus deposited on the facial mucous membrane moves to infection sites inside the body, and the performance of source controls such as face coverings and aerosol containment devices. To ensure that HCWs are adequately protected from infection, guidelines and regulations must be updated to reflect the evidence that respiratory viruses are transmitted via aerosols. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 43 is April 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Occupationally acquired infectious diseases among health care workers in Brazil: Use of Internet tools to improve management, prevention, and surveillance

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiane Rapparini ◽  
Paulo Feijó Barroso ◽  
Valéria Saraceni ◽  
Alcyone Artioli Machado ◽  
Guilherme Côrtes Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Use Of Internet

Insights on Aboriginal Grief Practices from the Northern Territory, Australia

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pam McGrath ◽  
Emma Phillips ◽  
Stephanie Fox-Young
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Aboriginal Health ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich Data

The rich data drawn from a study to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative care are presented to help address the paucity of authentic Indigenous voices describing their grief practices. Interviews with patients, carers, Aboriginal health care workers, health care workers and interpreters were conducted in four geographical areas of the Northern Territory in Australia. Insights and descriptions of the cultural processes and beliefs that follow the death of an Aboriginal person led to the identification of a number of key themes. These included: the emotional pain of grief; traditionalist ways of dealing with grief; the importance of viewing the body; the sharing of grief among large family and community networks, with crying, wailing, ceremonial singing, telling stories and dealing with blame all playing a part in the bereavement processes. Ways for Westerners to offer assistance in culturally sensitive ways were also identified by the participants, and are reported here to enable health workers to begin to understand and respond appropriately to traditionalist ways of experiencing and reacting to grief.

scholarly journals Training health care workers to face highly infectious diseases

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 740-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bannister ◽  
A. Prygodzicz ◽  
G. Ippolito
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers

scholarly journals EFFECT OF WEARING DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACE MASKS FOR PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME ON BREATHLESSNESS & PERCEPTION IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS - AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 464-475
Author(s):  
Rohit Sunil Bhavthankar ◽  
◽  
Arijit Kumar Das ◽  
Abhijit D. Diwate ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Good Choice ◽  
The Body ◽  
Posterior Aspect ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Surgical Masks ◽  
Different Types ◽  
N95 Respirators ◽  
The City

Background- The coronavirus disease, which originated in the city of Wuhan, China, has quickly spread to various countries, with many cases having been reported worldwide. As of May 8th, 2020, in India, 56,342 positive cases have been reported. Masks can help prevent the spread of the virus from the person wearing the mask to others. HCWs need to wear the mask for prolonged period of time as they come in contact with various people and so there are many adverse effects of the mask on the body such as breathlessness etc. Masks include mainly 3 types: N-95 respirators, surgical masks, cloth masks. Methods-The study was conducted at vikhe patil medical hospital and college of Physiotherapy, Ahmednagar.Pre and Post experiences of breathlessness and perception were compared. Result- We have analyzed that N-95 Respirators cause maximum Breathlessness compared to Surgical and cloth masks. In case of feeling stress, N-95 Respirators were the major reason, followed by Surgical Masks.Surgical and N95 Respirators create equal difficulties in communication.Causing pain on posterior aspect of the ear, as well as headache is seen more in N-95 respirators. But while using masks, N-95 has created less agitation compared to Surgical and Cloth Masks. Conclusion- We can conclude that even N-95 is major cause of difficulties, Other masks are creating near about same difficulties but N-95 gives maximum safety. So,preferring N-95 Respirators is a good choice even after having more difficulties.

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of Automated Cart for COVID-19 Patients Treatment

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Prakash Kanade ◽  
Fortune David ◽  
Sunay Kanade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Obstacle Detection ◽  
The Body ◽  
Infrared Sensors ◽  
Medical Environment ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Care Workers

With the recent changes in this world due to the pandemic of COVID-19 came the need to change in technology with medical environments. There were few robotic surgeries done in medical field, but the pandemic has put the Doctors and health care workers at risk. So there came a need for rapid change in medical environment to replace man with robots with the help of AI. In this paper a AGV also called as Automatic Guided Vehicle is designed for the benefit of health community. It can also be called as Automated Cart. The chances of health care worker getting affected from the patient in this COVID-19 is more due to the behavior of the novel Corona Virus Spread. Hence this Automated cart is designed in this paper which moves near the patient’s beds delivering medicines whenever needed in time and also collects waste from patients’ bed and returns to the necessary point. It is a line follower automated cart robot it makes use of certain sensors like infrared sensors and ultrasonic sensors. These sensors are used for route mapping and obstacle detection. This robot at the time of giving medicine to the patients’ bed and collecting waste, it also checks the body temperature and pulse rate of the patient and sends information to the doctor via internet. The adaptability of this robot with the patients depends on the preprogram done. A microcontroller is made use for this purpose. This automated cart can be designed and implemented with low cost and the risk of Doctors, health care workers is reduced.

scholarly journals Protective efficient comparisons among all kinds of respirators and masks for health-care workers against respiratory viruses

Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (34) ◽  
pp. e27026
Author(s):  
Jiawen Li ◽  
Yu Qiu ◽  
Yulin Zhang ◽  
Xue Gong ◽  
Yunru He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
Care Workers

Occupational diseases of health care workers from exposure to infectious agents: the current state of the problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Railya V. Garipova ◽  
Leonid A. Strizhakov ◽  
Karina T. Umbetova ◽  
Kadriya R. Safina
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Viral Hepatitis ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Biological Factor ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Republic

Introduction. Infectious diseases occupy a leading place in the structure of occupational diseases (OD) of health care workers (HCW). If until 2020, the main OD from exposure to a biological factor were tuberculosis and viral hepatitis (VH), then in 2020 the world faced another infectious disease of professional etiology - infection of health workers with a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The aim of the study is to identify problematic issues in establishing the connection of an infectious disease with a profession in health care workers. Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of cases of occupational diseases was applied according to the data of the Department of Rospotrebnadzor for the Republic of Tatarstan (RT) and the register of patients of the Republican Center of Occupational Pathology. Results. Among the health care workers of the Republic of Tatarstan, mainly occupational infectious diseases are diagnosed (88.9%). Tuberculosis is the most common occupational disease among health care workers of the Republic of Tatarstan, accounting for 68.4%, and viral hepatitis accounts for 20.5%. In 2020, the most common OD from biological factors in the health care workers of RT was infection COVID-19. Conclusions. Currently, the most common disease of infectious genesis in health care workers is a new coronavirus infection. For a high-quality examination of the connection of an infectious disease with a profession, the list of documents must include a card of epidemiological examination, which must be filled in by an epidemiologist not after establishing the connection of the disease with the profession, but in parallel with the preparation of a sanitary and hygienic characteristic (SGC) of working conditions.

scholarly journals Preventive and Control Measures of COVID-19 Patients: A Review

2020 ◽  
pp. S41-S44
Author(s):  
Tarek Mahbub Khan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Acute Respiratory Disease ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
And Control ◽  
High Chance

Covid19 is an acute respiratory disease which is caused by a novel coronavirus. This virus has been found in January 7, 2020 from China. The virus was previously known as 2019-nCOV. This particular virus is high chance of spread. Preventive measures are very essential for the health care workers. Proper preventive measures can only be applied to stop the spread of this virus. Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2020;7(suppl_1):S41-S44

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