Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation.

ABSTRACT: Background: Rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic raised an urgent need for preparedness in the healthcare sector, including training of healthcare workers to cope with the burden of infected cases while ensuring proper protection of themselves. Improper infection prevention and control measures were key reasons for infection in healthcare workers during the early phase of the outbreak. Objectives/Methods: This paper describes the combined approach of 3 restructured hospitals in Singapore in preparing and training neonatal healthcare workers' during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, as well as lessons learnt during this process. Results: Information sharing was conducted in the form of e-learning, emphasizing on topics like disease knowledge and infection prevention and co

SUBMITTER: Kong JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8674782 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature