Covid-19: Health care workers must be tested to prevent hospital transmission — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin | Malay Mail

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APRIL 18 — Hospitals are facing significant staff shortages due to self-isolation of Health care workers (HCW) upon contact tracing. One department in a private hospital was closed due to an infected staff member and 17 others were given leave of absence. In the UK, significant staff shortages...

Saturday, 18 Apr 2020 10:00 AM MYT

In the UK, significant staff shortages led to the adjustment of the ratio of critical care nurses to patients from 1:1 to 1:6. Intensivist to patient ratio was adjusted from 1:8 to 1:30.Due to the absence of Covid-19 testing, large numbers of HCW were being allowed self-isolation.By increasing the testing of HCW, unnecessary self-isolation can be avoided and they can continue to join the otherwise depleted workforce.

As the lady YBMK exclaimed in the Parody Covid2019 Pagi Jumaat; “What! You mean you putting our frontliners lives at risk becausePPE? This is totally unacceptable. I will not allow any of my KKM staff to do screening or treat an ILI/SARI case or our team of anesthesiologists and intensivist to manage their patients in ICU without PPE PERIOD”

 

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