International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Fazila Patankar
Community Medicine Department, Terna Medical College/MUHS, IndiaPublications
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Research
An Observational Study of Covid Safety Practices in Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s): Fazila Patankar and Abhiram Behera
Background: Ever since the COVID-19 outbreak was reported from China, it has achieved global proportions and has been declared a pandemic. Despite the availability of a vaccine and antiviral treatments being offered, the pandemic continues to rage on. The public must routinely follow COVID19 safety precautionary practices to control the spread of COVID-19. This paper examines the Covid safety practices of patients attending a tertiary care hospital and aims to provide recommendations for behavioral interventions and policies. Materials and Methods: A crosssectional observational study was carried out at the screening Centre of a tertiary hospital over 1 month. Systematic random sampling was done and every 5th patient was observed with regards to their COVID safety practices using a validated checklist. 400 study subjects were included in the study. Results: 96% were wearing masks, how.. Read More»
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