Risk exposure and risk management among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 scenario
Keep health workers safe to keep patients safe (WHO)
Keywords:
nurses, doctors, COVID-19 pandemic, SWOT, risk assessment, risk management, WHOAbstract
The incomparable crisis of this century, Covid-19 has affected the life and health of people across the world. The pandemic created unexpected pressure on many country’s healthcare system and the worst affected among the population were healthcare providers, especially doctors and nurses, who are in the frontline fighting against the deadly Corona virus. WHO Director General in his opening remarks in World Health Assembly (2021) commented that “At least 115,000 health care workers has lost their livesdue to Covid-19 around the globe, according to updated figures from the World Health Organization”. This pandemic has caused tremendous concern for hospital authorities to respond to the health needs of the patients as well to protect the frontline workers. Nurses along with doctorsare the first line of defence at times of unprecedented outbreak. This study aims to assess the risk exposure and management among the doctor-nurse community who provide care for patients diagnosed with Covid-19. The proposed study follows a quantitative-descriptive design. SWOT Analysis is employed to explore the possibilities of improving the working conditions of frontline workers in Healthcare sector.
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