Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation
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 wer...
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| author | Juin Yee Kong Juin Yee Kong Juin Yee Kong Juin Yee Kong Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Amutha Chinnadurai Amutha Chinnadurai Selina Kah Ying Ho Selina Kah Ying Ho Selina Kah Ying Ho Selina Kah Ying Ho |
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| description | 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 control procedures. Skills and competency training were carried out in the form of simulation, with sessions scaled into 4 levels progressing from individual task training to larger group simulations involving multiple disciplines and departments. Challenges encountered included information fatigue by large amount of constantly changing information and multiple amendments to workflows as more information arose. Difficulties conducting training and simulation sessions included restriction of group size to mitigate infection risk amongst participants and the limited supply of personal protective equipment prioritized for direct patient care.Conclusion: Healthcare institutions should ensure adequate dissemination of conceptual knowledge as well as skills competency training of staff in infection control measures for the protection of healthcare workers and patient safety. Ongoing training for sustainability of knowledge and skills, while adapting to the rapidly evolving situation is important in the preparation for future outbreaks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ab4f65efb93484a9db2cae0d0fcbca22022-12-21T21:24:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pediatrics2296-23602021-12-01910.3389/fped.2021.785524785524Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and SimulationJuin Yee Kong0Juin Yee Kong1Juin Yee Kong2Juin Yee Kong3Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj4Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj5Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj6Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj7Amutha Chinnadurai8Amutha Chinnadurai9Selina Kah Ying Ho10Selina Kah Ying Ho11Selina Kah Ying Ho12Selina Kah Ying Ho13Department of Neonatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, SingaporeLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, SingaporeLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Neonatology, Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Health System, Singapore, SingaporeDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, SingaporeLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SingaporeBackground: 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 control procedures. Skills and competency training were carried out in the form of simulation, with sessions scaled into 4 levels progressing from individual task training to larger group simulations involving multiple disciplines and departments. Challenges encountered included information fatigue by large amount of constantly changing information and multiple amendments to workflows as more information arose. Difficulties conducting training and simulation sessions included restriction of group size to mitigate infection risk amongst participants and the limited supply of personal protective equipment prioritized for direct patient care.Conclusion: Healthcare institutions should ensure adequate dissemination of conceptual knowledge as well as skills competency training of staff in infection control measures for the protection of healthcare workers and patient safety. Ongoing training for sustainability of knowledge and skills, while adapting to the rapidly evolving situation is important in the preparation for future outbreaks.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.785524/fullCOVID-19neonateperinatal caresimulationtraining |
| spellingShingle | Juin Yee Kong Juin Yee Kong Juin Yee Kong Juin Yee Kong Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Srabani Samanta Bharadwaj Amutha Chinnadurai Amutha Chinnadurai Selina Kah Ying Ho Selina Kah Ying Ho Selina Kah Ying Ho Selina Kah Ying Ho Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation Frontiers in Pediatrics COVID-19 neonate perinatal care simulation training |
| title | Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation |
| title_full | Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation |
| title_fullStr | Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation |
| title_short | Being Prepared During the Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic: A Neonatal Experience in Training and Simulation |
| title_sort | being prepared during the evolving covid 19 pandemic a neonatal experience in training and simulation |
| topic | COVID-19 neonate perinatal care simulation training |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.785524/full |
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