Open AccessSuraksha Chakra: A new scoring system to protect the healthcare workers from COVID
Author(s) -
Binit Sureka,
Vibhor Tak,
Vijaya Lakshmi Nag,
Raj Rani,
Mahendra Kumar Garg,
Sanjeev Misra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1768_20
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , covid-19 , medical emergency , personal protective equipment , nursing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth , pathology
Doctors, nurses, house cleaning staff and hospital ward attendants are at increased risk of acquiring coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) if there is a breach in the personal protection equipment. A new simple, easy to implement scoring system has been developed by our Suraksha Chakra team which can be used by the policy makers and hospital administrators. The scoring system is not to discourage anyone but constantly reinforce the healthcare workers for safe practices during patient care.