scholarly journals Correction: A Novel Educational Strategy Targeting Health Care Workers in Underserved Communities in Central America to Integrate HIV into Primary Medical Care

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Flys ◽  
Rosalba González ◽  
Omar Sued ◽  
Juana Suarez Conejero ◽  
Edgar Kestler ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. e46426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Flys ◽  
Rosalba González ◽  
Omar Sued ◽  
Juana Suarez Conejero ◽  
Edgar Kestler ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
V. R. Kuchma ◽  
Svetlana B. Sokolova

Harmonization of European and Russian standards of the quality of the delivery of school health services and competencies for school health professionals allowed to justify the concept of the evaluation of the quality of the delivery of medical help to students in educational institutions. The concept does not prescribe a concrete methodfor the organizing school health services, unified process of the activity of health professionals. The concept consists of 7 groups of indices of quality and competences of health care workers. Quality criteria include the presence of a regulatory framework, indices of benevolence towards children, social equity and access to health care for students, requirements for premises, equipment of medical rooms in schools, cooperation with the administration and teachers of schools, parents and children, the medical community, the requirements for health care workers, a minimum list of services, covering both population and individual needs of students, the secure storage, the management and use ofpersonal medical data of children and adolescents. The competences of the staff of medical units are determined by provided medical services and technologies of the work. Properly medical competences of workers of medical care units for the delivery of medical aid to students are contributed by willingness to ensure the rights of children in the process of health care delivery in the educational organization, skills in the field of communication, sharing of information with children, parents and teachers, cooperation with colleagues, planning and coordination of the organization of medical care, the provision of sanitary epidemiological well-being of students, informational-elucidative activity for shaping of healthy lifestyle, research activity. Concept is the basis of the algorithm of the evaluation of the quality of the delivery of medical aid to students and quality assessment technology as well by medical organizations and institutions, as in the form of an independent audit of the quality of the delivery of medical aid to students in educational institutions.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Rogowska-Szadkowska ◽  
Alicja Małgorzata Ołtarzewska ◽  
Jolanta Sawicka-Powierza ◽  
Sławomir Chlabicz

Author(s):  
Marina Leonova ◽  
Oleg Gaisenok

Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of SARS-COV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease, not only in the chain of care for COVID-19 patients but also in non-infectious health care organizations that provide routine medical care to the population. Objective: To analyze features of the course of COVID-19 in HCWs of a non-infectious hospital (non-IH). Materials: A retrospective analysis of COVID-19 cases of HCWs of a non-infectious hospital (non-IH) due to a local outbreak during the "second wave" of the pandemic, despite the use of PPE. Results: 7 HCWs out of 23 employees were infected and had a confirmed COVID-19 infection. All pointed to the presence of contact at work (patients, colleagues) as the main possible contamination factor. The development of COVID-pneumonia was observed in 4 persons; 2 of them were hospitalized. The most common symptoms were fever with a maximum temperature rise of 37.8-39 ° C, weakness, chest pain, cough, and loss of smell. The duration of the persistence of symptoms of the disease was up to 16 days. The elimination of coronavirus in most patients was noted after the 10th day. Conclusion: HCWs in non-IH providing routine medical care are at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 due to contact with infected patients or colleagues. The development of COVID-19 disease in HCWs leads to long-term disability, which creates tension in the work of non-IH. To reduce the risk of infection for non-IH HCWs, stated precautions are necessary: strict adherence to PPE use, mandatory testing of SARS-COV-2, and planning observational wards for unexamined patients hospitalized for medical care for other indications.


2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Lipscomb ◽  
Jeanne Geiger-Brown ◽  
Katherine McPhaul ◽  
Karen Calabro

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