Managing cancer during COVID pandemic – Experience of a tertiary cancer care center
| Autor: | Subbiah, Shanmugam, Hussain, Syed Afroze, Samanth Kumar, M. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Hand washing
Outpatient Clinics Hospital Social distancing Institutional protocol COVID pandemic Disease Masking (Electronic Health Record) Tertiary Care Centers 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Correspondence Pandemic Health care Disease Transmission Infectious Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Pandemics Personal Protective Equipment Cancer Protocol (science) SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Social distance COVID-19 General Medicine Census medicine.disease Hospitalization Masking Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Surgery Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Surgical Oncology |
| ISSN: | 0748-7983 |
| Popis: | Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare providers worldwide to bring in changes in the way cancer patients are cared for. Many cancer departments globally have brought in changes to their daily practice. This article is about our experience of evolving “COVID 19 PROTOCOL” devised in our department and taking a shape to suit a health care system with limited budget. Materials and methods All the patient census & details of department of surgical oncology, Royapettah cancer hospital, from month of March 2020 to July 2020, who were subjected to COVID protocol were compared to patient census of similar duration in immediate past five months of October 2019 to February 2020. The data from out-patient department, ward in-patient census and healthcare personnel data was analyzed. Results There was a drop to 63.5% in OP census and 61.6% in IP census. There was a drop to 64.5% in number of major cases operated during initial phases of COVID pandemic. Health care workers were also infected with the COVID but cross infectivity can be checked if proper steps to adhere to an institutional protocol based on general measures of cleanliness are taken. Conclusion Adherence to an institutional protocol based on compliance to general measures of masking, hand washing and social distancing plays a major role in minimizing disease spread. The Royapettah COVID protocol, though in process of evolution, can be recommended for any health care center with limited resources. |
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