COVID-19 Infection among the Health Care Staff at Frontier Medical and Dental College and Hospital
Sadia Rashid, Saveela Sadaqat, Muhammad Adnan Iqbal, Shakeel Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Aamir Ghafoor Ch
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ABSTRACT
Background: First case of
pandemic COVID-19 was diagnosed in December 2019 in China from where it spread throughout
the world. In Pakistan, first case was diagnosed in February 2020 which
resulted in a complete and several smart national lockdowns. National Command
and Operation Center (NCOC) and Ministry of Health published guidelines for patient’s
treatments during pandemic which includes: 1) providing only emergency Treatments
2) Patient’s pre-admittance Questioning, 3) Increasing intervals between
appointment, 4) prevent crowding in waiting rooms, 5) Wearing masks at all
times. 6) Wearing PPE.
Methods: Data from all
clinical departments of Frontier Medical and Dental College and Hospital Abbottabad
was collected between March and December 2020 which included Number of; 1)
Patients treated 2) Medical Staff 3) patients with positive COVID-19 reports 4)
healthcare workers suffering from COVID-19. And 6) Post treatment Virus Infected patients.
Results: 291 health care
staff including 135 medical
and dental doctors, 4 dental hygienists, 82 paramedics and 70 Administrative
staff worked during the study period and 3280 procedures were performed. Out of
these, thirty-eight (38) staff members treated 190 verified COVID-19 patients.
During the study period 6 dentists (2.06%) and 9 (3.09%) medical doctors, 2 (0.7%)
assistants and 3 (1.03%) admin staff were tested positive for the virus.
Conclusion: Present study
highlights the importance of education and stickiness to the infection control
guidelines thus minimizing the risk of transmission of corona virus among the
Healthcare professionals in hospitals.
Keywords: COVID-19; Infection control, PPE, NCOC