Title: Building Capacity of Covid-19 Frontline Health care workers: Experience from Eastern India
Authors: Visanth VS, Dr Sudeep Kumar, Rathish Nair, Dr Asim Sarfraz
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v9i9.14
Abstract
Covid-19 outbreak (SARS-Cov 2) which is caused by distinct corona virus an acute infectious disease transmitted via respiratory route. In early stages of the pandemic, training of the frontline health care workers played an active crucial role in restricting the transmission among health care workers. Consequently training was given to all the health care workers (Doctors, Nurses & Supportive staff) of the institute. In this article we share our experiences of training sessions to the health care workers as per the institute Covid-19 standard operating procedures.
Keywords: Covid-19, Health care workers.
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