ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS, FACULTY, OTHER HEALTH CARE WORKERS REGARDING COVID-19 ILLNESS AND DEATH IN SHKM GOVT. MEDICAL COLLEGE AND CAMPUS AREA, NALHAR, NUH.

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Rajeev Kumar ◽  
Ruchir Sharma ◽  
Sandeep Dar ◽  
Shipra Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
World Health ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
Dead Bodies ◽  
Health Organization

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus Disease 2019 also known as COVID-19 is an aggressively expanding pandemic caused by a novel human coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) previously known as 2019-nCov. The WHO (World Health Organization) declared the corona virus outbreak 2019- 2020 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and on 11 March 2020 WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. This led to mass panic and anxiety. Without the proper knowledge of the disease, there are many misconceptions and stigmas about the pandemic even with the implementation of awareness programs. This study attempts to assess the knowledge and awareness level of people engaged in the health sector in India about the COVID-19 disease. AIM:To assess the awareness among the students, faculty and other health care workers about the basic knowledge of the COVID-19 disease. METHODOLOGY:Across sectional study was conducted among 558 Subjects in which faculty were 72, students were 298 and other health care workers were 191 of SHKM Govt. Medical College, Nalhar, Nuh. They will all be given questionnaires regarding the basic details of COVID-19, handling of COVID-19 dead bodies and autopsies of COVID-19 dead bodies. RESULT: In our study most participants acknowledge that they know about COVID-19 (98.92%) and it is a virus (99.46%). Also wearing a mask (98.39%), hand washing and social distancing (100.00)%,staying mostly indoors, not eating outside (78.67%), following all Government guidelines (65.80%), and eating good immunity (100.00%) food can prevent COVID-19. Most Participants have good knowledge regarding COVID-19 dead body autopsy also like whether to do autopsy in non-medicolegal cases (97.85%), risk from doing autopsy (100%). Very few participants know how to transport (0.54%) COVID-19 dead bodies though most know guidelines regarding COVID-19 dead bodies cremation (93.55%). CONCLUSION: There is a need for improvement in understanding of handling and autopsies of COVID-19 dead bodies. Regular awareness programs regarding basic knowledge of COVID-19 disease, handling and autopsies of COVID-19 dead bodies should be conducted.

scholarly journals A super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2 in incubation period among health-care workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaojie Wei ◽  
Yufeng Yuan ◽  
Zhenshun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Incubation Period ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractSince the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019, it has been characterized as a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). It was reported that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We present an outbreak among health-care workers incited by a doctor who cared a patient with COVID-19 in a Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China, which indicates existence of super-spreader even during incubation period.

scholarly journals The Good COPD Guidelines

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-16
Author(s):  
Dennis Bowie
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
World Health ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
The Third ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Prevalent Disease ◽  
Health Organization

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is becoming an increasing problem for health care workers. The World Health Organization predicts that in the year 2020, this disease will be the fifth most prevalent disease worldwide, up from 12th place, and it will be the third most common cause of death, up from sixth place in 1997 (1). Hospitalization and mortality rates for COPD continue to rise in Canada (2). Therefore, the burden of COPD on Canadians, the health care system and physicians is obvious.

scholarly journals Use of medical face masks versus particulate respirators as a component of personal protective equipment for health care workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Conly ◽  
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W. H. Seto ◽  
Didier Pittet ◽  
Alison Holmes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Contact Mode ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Currently available evidence supports that the predominant route of human-to-human transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 is through respiratory droplets and/or contact routes. The report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China supports person-to-person droplet and fomite transmission during close unprotected contact with the vast majority of the investigated infection clusters occurring within families, with a household secondary attack rate varying between 3 and 10%, a finding that is not consistent with airborne transmission. The reproduction number (R0) for the SARS-CoV-2 is estimated to be between 2.2–2.7, compatible with other respiratory viruses associated with a droplet/contact mode of transmission and very different than an airborne virus like measles with a R0 widely cited to be between 12 and 18. Based on the scientific evidence accumulated to date, our view is that SARS-CoV-2 is not spread by the airborne route  to  any significant extent and the use of particulate respirators offers no advantage over medical masks as a component of personal protective equipment for the routine care of patients with COVID-19 in the health care setting. Moreover, prolonged use of particulate respirators may result in unintended harms. In conjunction with appropriate hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE) used by health care workers caring for patients with COVID-19 must be used with attention to detail and precision of execution to prevent lapses in adherence and active failures in the donning and doffing of the PPE.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Perception of Health Care Workers Regarding COVID-19 in Different Parts of Gujarat State

Healthline ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
Disha Patel ◽  
Bela Patel ◽  
Naresh Makwana ◽  
Dipesh Parmar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Gujarat State ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Delayed Treatment ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Spread Of Infection ◽  
Basic Course

Introduction: The World Health Organization declared the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. A poor understanding of the disease among healthcare workers may implicate in delayed treatment and the rapid spread of infection. Objective: To know the perception and knowledge of the health care workers in different districts of Gujarat state about the COVID 19. Method: A cross sectional web based survey was conducted among the 104 health care workers working in different districts of Gujarat during the month of April 2020. WhatsApp and Telegram based questionnaire was sent to each participant and their response was recorded. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel 2016 and was analysed by applying various statistical test using SPSS version 25. Results: Out of 104 participants, 46.15% and 53.85% were male and female respectively. Mean age of participants was 26.40 years. Majority participants were from Saurashtra-Kutch(36.54%) followed by central Gujarat(28.85%) and north Gujarat(23.08%). Out of 63 who had received training of basic course in COVID-19, only 27 were able to give correct answer about criteria for discharge of patient. Conclusion: HCWs in our study are having good knowledge regarding COVID 19. They are aware of the measures needed to be taken to reduce the spread of the disease. HCWs were using authentic sources for information; this ultimately affects knowledge and is reflected in attitude and practice.

scholarly journals The Infection of COVID-19 among Health Care Workers in Dharmais Cancer Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mutiara Adelina ◽  
Fifi Dwijayanti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
The World ◽  
Risk Condition ◽  
Contact Transmission ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
And Control ◽  
Death Cases

Infectious diseases are one of the biggest threats to humans. Currently, the world is in the outbreak condition causes of the COVID-19 virus which is started from Wuhan, China in December 2019. This disease was spread out rapidly throughout the World and was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020(1). The infected number of SARS-CoV-2 was over 84 million people and caused over 1 million death cases in the worldwide. Indonesia had more than 800.000 infectious cases and 23.000 of death cases with the highest cases in Jakarta (2). This virus can be transmitted by two ways, such as direct contact (cough, sneeze, and droplet inhalation) and contact transmission (contact with oral, nasal, and eye mucous membranes) of person with COVID-19 (3). The current COVID-19 pandemic makes various challenges in prevention and control of infections in hospitals. Health care workers (HCWs) have been providing care to suspected, probable or confirmed COVID-19 patients that make them in high-risk condition. Several study indicated that many HCWs have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in many hospitals worldwide (4)(5)(6).

scholarly journals A Comprehensive App That Improves Tuberculosis Treatment Management Through Video-Observed Therapy: Usability Study

10.2196/17658 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. e17658
Author(s):  
Xujun Guo ◽  
Yarui Yang ◽  
Howard E Takiff ◽  
Minmin Zhu ◽  
Jianping Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Patient Adherence ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
World Health ◽  
Directly Observed Therapy ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Care Worker

Background Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) requires at least six months and is compromised by poor adherence. In the directly observed therapy (DOT) scheme recommended by the World Health Organization, the patient is directly observed taking their medications at a health post. An alternative to DOT is video-observed therapy (VOT), in which the patients take videos of themselves taking the medication and the video is uploaded into the app and reviewed by a health care worker. We developed a comprehensive TB management system by using VOT that is installed as an app on the smartphones of both patients and health care workers. It was implemented into the routine TB control program of the Nanshan District of Shenzhen, China. Objective The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of VOT with that of DOT in managing the treatment of patients with pulmonary TB and to evaluate the acceptance of VOT for TB management by patients and health care workers. Methods Patients beginning treatment between September 2017 and August 2018 were enrolled into the VOT group and their data were compared with the retrospective data of patients who began TB treatment and were managed with routine DOT between January 2016 and August 2017. Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical features, treatment adherence, positive findings of sputum smears, reporting of side effects, time and costs of transportation, and satisfaction were compared between the 2 treatment groups. The attitudes of the health care workers toward the VOT-based system were also analyzed. Results This study included 158 patients in the retrospective DOT group and 235 patients in the VOT group. The VOT group showed a significantly higher fraction of doses observed (P<.001), less missed observed doses (P<.001), and fewer treatment discontinuations (P<.05) than the DOT group. Over 79.1% (186/235) of the VOT patients had >85% of their doses observed, while only 16.4% (26/158) of the DOT patients had >85% of their doses observed. All patients were cured without recurrences. The VOT management required significantly (P<.001) less median patient time (300 minutes vs 1240 minutes, respectively) and transportation costs (¥53 [US $7.57] vs ¥276 [US $39.43], respectively; P<.001) than DOT. Significantly more patients (191/235, 81.3%) in the VOT group preferred their treatment method compared to those on DOT (37/131, 28.2%) (P<.001), and 92% (61/66) of the health care workers thought that the VOT method was more convenient than DOT for managing patients with TB. Conclusions Implementation of the VOT-based system into the routine program of TB management was simple and it significantly increased patient adherence to their drug regimens. Our study shows that a comprehensive VOT-based TB management represents a viable and improved evolution of DOT.

scholarly journals A Comprehensive App That Improves Tuberculosis Treatment Management Through Video-Observed Therapy: Usability Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xujun Guo ◽  
Yarui Yang ◽  
Howard E Takiff ◽  
Minmin Zhu ◽  
Jianping Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Patient Adherence ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
World Health ◽  
Directly Observed Therapy ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Care Worker

BACKGROUND Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) requires at least six months and is compromised by poor adherence. In the directly observed therapy (DOT) scheme recommended by the World Health Organization, the patient is directly observed taking their medications at a health post. An alternative to DOT is video-observed therapy (VOT), in which the patients take videos of themselves taking the medication and the video is uploaded into the app and reviewed by a health care worker. We developed a comprehensive TB management system by using VOT that is installed as an app on the smartphones of both patients and health care workers. It was implemented into the routine TB control program of the Nanshan District of Shenzhen, China. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of VOT with that of DOT in managing the treatment of patients with pulmonary TB and to evaluate the acceptance of VOT for TB management by patients and health care workers. METHODS Patients beginning treatment between September 2017 and August 2018 were enrolled into the VOT group and their data were compared with the retrospective data of patients who began TB treatment and were managed with routine DOT between January 2016 and August 2017. Sociodemographic characteristics, clinical features, treatment adherence, positive findings of sputum smears, reporting of side effects, time and costs of transportation, and satisfaction were compared between the 2 treatment groups. The attitudes of the health care workers toward the VOT-based system were also analyzed. RESULTS This study included 158 patients in the retrospective DOT group and 235 patients in the VOT group. The VOT group showed a significantly higher fraction of doses observed (<i>P</i>&lt;.001), less missed observed doses (<i>P</i>&lt;.001), and fewer treatment discontinuations (<i>P</i>&lt;.05) than the DOT group. Over 79.1% (186/235) of the VOT patients had &gt;85% of their doses observed, while only 16.4% (26/158) of the DOT patients had &gt;85% of their doses observed. All patients were cured without recurrences. The VOT management required significantly (<i>P</i>&lt;.001) less median patient time (300 minutes vs 1240 minutes, respectively) and transportation costs (¥53 [US $7.57] vs ¥276 [US $39.43], respectively; <i>P</i>&lt;.001) than DOT. Significantly more patients (191/235, 81.3%) in the VOT group preferred their treatment method compared to those on DOT (37/131, 28.2%) (<i>P</i>&lt;.001), and 92% (61/66) of the health care workers thought that the VOT method was more convenient than DOT for managing patients with TB. CONCLUSIONS Implementation of the VOT-based system into the routine program of TB management was simple and it significantly increased patient adherence to their drug regimens. Our study shows that a comprehensive VOT-based TB management represents a viable and improved evolution of DOT.

scholarly journals Personal Protective Equipment during Endoscopy

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Shibi Mathew ◽  
Mathew Philip
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which originated in China has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). This virus gets transmitted through air droplets and direct contact. Health care workers doing aerosol-generating procedures are at a higher risk of acquiring the infection. Many procedures done by the gastrointestinal endoscopists are classified as aerosol-generating procedures, which in turn underline the need for proper safety precautions during these procedures. Apart from general safety measures advised by various organizations, proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is a pivotal factor in safeguarding health care personnel during endoscopy. This article provides a short overview of the different PPEs available and their proper use in endoscopy.

Role of antioxidant herbs and Yoga practices in prevention of infectious diseases with special reference to Covid-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krushna Chaitanya Patnaik ◽  
Dhirajsingh Rajput
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
World Health ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Anti Oxidant ◽  
Health Organization

Infectious diseases are the disorders caused by pathogenic organisms which are scary because most of us don’t have the sufficient knowledge about them. They are scarier because they can be dangerous and may lead to loss of life. We think about them only if we are health care workers or it happens to ourselves and our close ones. Immunity plays vital role in prevention of mechanism of the formation of diseases. Significant role of free radicals in initiating as well as improving immunity to minimize the diseases is major point of focus behind utilization of Anti-oxidant and rejuvenation therapy. Ayurveda has mentioned similar principles under the heading of . Present workis a review based on the previous published articles, recent updates regarding prevention of COVID-19 according to World Health Organization, Ayurveda aspect towards prevention of infectious diseases using antioxidant herbs and yoga practices. There are numerous antioxidant herbs and yoga but the specific mentioned seems to be more useful in developing immunity. The mentioned herbs may prove more useful in developing immunity.

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