Smart secretion management to protect nurses from COVID19 and other infectious diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has been linked to over 40 million infections and 1.1 million deaths in 210 countries as of October 19, 2020. This highly contagious communicable disease has put not only infected individuals but other patients and frontline workers like nurses at risk in hospitals, especially in Intensive Care units (ICUs). There is a need for minimizing patient contact, improving hand hygiene practices, and optimizing healthcare provider time, especially nurses. Globally it is estimated that nearly a million health care providers have been infected with COVID-19 as of the end of October 2020.

Methods

This retrospective service evaluation documents the experience of health care providers in a COVID-19 ICU in India that was used to implement new protocols for secretion ma

SUBMITTER: Saseedharan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013287 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature