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Crit Care. 2020 Mar 27;24(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-2841-7.
Special attention to nurses' protection during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Huang L[SUP]1[/SUP], Lin G[SUP]2[/SUP], Tang L[SUP]3[/SUP], Yu L[SUP]3[/SUP], Zhou Z[SUP]4[/SUP].
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Abstract
As of March 8, 2020, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had caused 80,815 human infections and 3073 deaths in China, including more than 3000 infections among medical staff. Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital (Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China), a provincial emergency hospital, has treated more than 35 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 260 suspected cases. Most of nurses' work involves direct contact with patients. As nurses have high vulnerability to COVID-19, it is necessary to establish hospital-specific protocols to reduce the risk of nurses' infection in interactions with COVID-19 patients. Our hospital has maintained a "zero nurse infection" rate while battling SARS in 2003 and during the present COVID-19 epidemic. The following are the key measures implemented in our hospital.
PMID:32220243DOI:10.1186/s13054-020-2841-7
Special attention to nurses' protection during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Huang L[SUP]1[/SUP], Lin G[SUP]2[/SUP], Tang L[SUP]3[/SUP], Yu L[SUP]3[/SUP], Zhou Z[SUP]4[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
As of March 8, 2020, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had caused 80,815 human infections and 3073 deaths in China, including more than 3000 infections among medical staff. Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital (Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China), a provincial emergency hospital, has treated more than 35 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 260 suspected cases. Most of nurses' work involves direct contact with patients. As nurses have high vulnerability to COVID-19, it is necessary to establish hospital-specific protocols to reduce the risk of nurses' infection in interactions with COVID-19 patients. Our hospital has maintained a "zero nurse infection" rate while battling SARS in 2003 and during the present COVID-19 epidemic. The following are the key measures implemented in our hospital.
PMID:32220243DOI:10.1186/s13054-020-2841-7