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The clinical statuses of exposed healthcare works with covid-19 patients while the provision of care in a pandemic situation at one of the specialized healthcare setup in Karachi Pakistan

Riffat Shaheen

All staffs who are working in deferent departments of any healthcare facility have a significant value to carry out the effective implementation of healthcare management in a hospital. At the situation of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, all healthcare workers are at on high risk to acquire the infection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and may increase the result of harm while caring of patients in a hospital however they can get severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from their family and community as well.

Purpose: 1. To establish a system of Contact Tracing of all healthcare workers in the hospital.

To early identification of a person with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers. To establish a system for the diagnose of exposed and symptomatic healthcare workers, based on their clinical status and test reports.

Methodology: Setting: Observation was conducted in all units including Inpatient Units, Emergency Room, Triage Room, OPD, Day Care, Housekeeping, Laboratory, X-Ray, Ultra Sound, Passive Immunization, Reception, Security, Food Service Department, Pharmacy, Purchase, IT (Information and Technology) Marketing, Account, Transport and Admin units at a specialized hospital.

Population: All Staffs including clinical and non-clinical who are working in the hospital. Inclusion Criteria: All staff who a history of contact with any has suspected or confirm COVID-19 patient in hospital, family & friend circle, and community.

Selection criteria: high risk, high cost, high volume, problem-prone and requirement of IPC

Results: In the COVID-19 pandemic situation, we started our management with the establishment of triage room on 8^th March 2020 including dedicated staff for all 3 shifts, and initially, we started to monitor their health status but later it was extended to other units including clinical and non-clinical.

Conclusion: Proper handling of the COVID-19 pandemic situation was very challenging for anyone as an institution, as an IPC team and as an individual too