While hospitals around the world are\u00a0struggling<\/a>\u00a0to fight the COVID-19 pandemic with limited or unavailable supplies and equipment, some are forced to become creative and find new ways to continue care delivery and, at the same time, protect the staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Korea has already proven the effectiveness of its rigorous testing policies. Of over 8,500 confirmed cases only slightly above 1% were fatal<\/a>, and the number of infected people per day has reduced to less than 100 as of 18 March from over 900 on 29 February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You may also like:<\/em> COVID-19: How Can Hospitals Protect Workers and Patients?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier the country showcased the\u00a0first drive-thru<\/a>, which is now becoming the new norm elsewhere. Another innovation is instalment at Seoul-based H+ Yangji Hospital of\u00a0one-person safe booths<\/a>\u00a0for coronavirus testing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The booth, called `SAFETY` (Safe Assessment and Fast Evaluation Technical booth of Yangji hospital), is modelled on a bio safety cabinet (BSC) used for handling hazardous materials in the lab. The doctor, separated from the patient to minimise the risk of virus transmission, uses the gloves attached to the booth\u2019s wall to swab patients. Inside the booths negative pressure is maintained, and the communication is allowed through an interphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Brescia-based medical centre in northern Italy was helped out<\/a> by a 3D printing company to replicate and create lacking replacement valves for an intensive care device that provides respiratory support to COVID-19 patients. The stock at the hospital's supplier had run out, so the Rome-based 3D printing company brought a 3D printer to the facility and needed just a few hours to redesign and produce the missing part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the absence of necessary supplies and equipment, staff at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are using<\/a> hand sanitiser and plastic face shields, ie masks, made by the doctors of the microbiology department. The alcohol-based hand sanitiser<\/a>, prepared in line with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, is comprised of ethanol, hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and distilled water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In another hospital in the U.S, infection control and quality experts managed\u00a0to design<\/a>\u00a0prototype face-shields with off-the-shelf materials bought from craft stores, such as marine-grade vinyl, industrial tape, foam and elastic. Administrative staff members volunteered to work an assembly line in a conference room and put together 500 make-shift face shields. Another prototype is a facemask made from a surgical wrap material that typically lines surgical trays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With visits from family and friends being effectively banned in many healthcare facilities, staff at the Keosauqua Health Care Center (Iowa, USA)\u00a0arranged<\/a>\u00a0for a resident to communicate with a visitor. They carried on an entire conversation chatting\u00a0over the phone from both sides of a room window, being able to not only talk to but also see each other. Meanwhile, the nursing home staff is also encouraging family members to send their loved one an\u00a0e-card<\/a>\u00a0through the facility\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hospitals\u2019 Creative Responses to Coronavirus Challenges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18806,"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18805\/revisions\/18806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csccm.org.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}One-Person Booths<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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