Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemic
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 emergenc...
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| author | Lishan Huang Guanwen Lin Li Tang Lingna Yu Zhilai Zhou |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f452d5e293e04b2f880d99750c05b3492022-12-21T23:51:00ZengBMCCritical Care1364-85352020-03-012411310.1186/s13054-020-2841-7Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemicLishan Huang0Guanwen Lin1Li Tang2Lingna Yu3Zhilai Zhou4The Spine Department, Orthopaedic Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalInfection Control Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalNursing Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalNursing Department, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalThe Spine Department, Orthopaedic Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalAbstract 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.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-2841-7 |
| spellingShingle | Lishan Huang Guanwen Lin Li Tang Lingna Yu Zhilai Zhou Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemic Critical Care |
| title | Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_full | Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_fullStr | Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_short | Special attention to nurses’ protection during the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_sort | special attention to nurses protection during the covid 19 epidemic |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-020-2841-7 |
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