dc.contributor.author | World Health Organization | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-18T14:28:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-18T14:28:23Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/434 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331340/WHO-2019-nCov-HCW_risk_assessment-2020.1-eng.pdf | |
dc.description.abstract | Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first detected in Wuhan city, China in December 2019. On 30 January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the current outbreak constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Current available evidence is that the COVID-19 virus is transmitted between people through close contact and droplets. People most at risk of infection are those who are in contact with a COVID-19 patient and/or who care for COVID-19 patients. This inevitably places health workers at a high risk of infection.
Target audience: This tool is to be used by health care facilities that have either cared for or admitted COVID-19 patients. This form is to be completed for all health workers who have been exposed to a confirmed COVID-19 patient in a health care facility. It is intended to be an operational tool used by health care facilities once a COVID-19 patient has been identified within the facility. This tool will help determine
the risk of COVID-19 virus infection of all HCWs who have been exposed to a COVID-19 patient and then provides recommendations for appropriate management of these HCWs, according to their infection risk. | en_US |
dc.title | Health workers exposure risk assessment and management in the context of COVID-19 virus, Interim guidance, 4 March 2020 | en_US |
eihealth.country | Global (WHO/OMS) | en_US |
eihealth.category | Infection prevention and control, including health care workers protection | en_US |
eihealth.type | WHO / PAHO Guidance | en_US |