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There is a new public health emergency victimization the world with the emergence and spread of COVID-19. However, India has performed very well to tackle this emergency of public health so far but at the time of writing the manuscript (as on 06.04.2020), India is on the stage to increase the lockdown period in the current situation because of peak rise in the confirmed cases of COVID-19. The present study aims to review the decisions of the Indian government that are being implemented so far to hold the situation of COVID-19 along with the challenges faced so far. However, only time will tell that the decisions taken so far are sufficiently strong to protect the majority of Indian during on-going COVID-19 pandemic. At last, special considerations highlight on major footsteps and challenges so far in India due to COVID-19.
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BACKGROUND: During infectious outbreaks like COVID-19, it is essential that every healthcare personnel (HCP) strictly adheres to infection prevention and control (IPC) policies. To boost IPC measures, training to reinforce preventive practices, which are pertinent to needs and encompass the expectations of the HCP, is indispensable. Thus, these expectations of the HCP should be explored. METHODS: In this cross-sectional descriptive survey, we used convenience sampling technique to ask the participants to list their expectations on of covid-19 IPC training paper based forms. Using the category construction approach, we organised the expectations and grouped the participants on the basis of their work and place of work to analyse the association using the chi-square test. RESULTS: Many participants expected to learn about the use of PPE and masks, hand hygiene, physical distancing, cleaning and disinfection, basic precautions for personal protection during the training. Expectations also included various administrative queries, sample collection and clinical skills for diagnosis and management. There was significant association of many categories of expectations with the nature and place of work in the hospital. CONCLUSION: When planning IPC training, these expectations of the HCP may be carefully addressed. Information about causative agent, transmission and clinical aspects may will give a contextual meaning to IPC training. Some important preventive measures, which few participants expected to learn must be analysed in detail to understand the attitude of the HCP towards them. Efforts to appraise the HCP for the importance of these measures and promoting its practice may play a vital role to curb the spread of infectious diseases.
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BACKGROUND: Continuous pertinent trainings for infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are essential to ensure quality health-care services along with the safety of the health personnel. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the current study focusses on the utilization of explicated video modules training of all health-care personnel of the institute and assessment of the effectiveness of video training for IPC practices during COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A quasi-experimental study, one group pre- and posttest design, using Google Questionnaire forms was conducted at a tertiary care center. The training was assisted by trained tutors, and three in-house videos were demonstrated to the participants regarding specific IPC measures; "Do's and Don'ts;" "Hand hygiene and personal protective equipment's (PPE)" and "Environmental cleaning and disinfection." SPSS software version 23 (IBM Corp., N. Y., USA) was used for the analysis using the descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, Fisher's t-test, ANOVA, and post hoc Tukey's test. RESULTS: The level of knowledge increased significantly by 16% in the posttest. Statistically significant association between the levels of knowledge in pretest as well as posttest scores and age (P < 0.001), designation (P < 0.001), and years of experience (P < 0.001) was identified. The participants were satisfied with the video-assisted trainings and willing to use videos for revision. CONCLUSIONS: Video-assisted training modules similar to this study may be utilized to enhance the knowledge of various cadres of health-care staff regarding IPC practices.
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BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has become a global health emergency after its first case in Wuhan city, China. An increasing number of cases and deaths are challenging the health-care system globally. This study aims to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 disease among health personnel in rapid outbreak in India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using Google Forms through Google platform on-line. A total of 713 health personal allied health-care staff, working in different public and private health-care facilities, was conducted in the mid of April 2020. A structured knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaire used to assess health personnel's knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19. All instruments were validated and pretested before use. Chi-square test, followed by binary logistic and multivariate regression, was applied to determine factors associated with knowledge scores. RESULTS: Seven hundred and thirteen health personnel participated, and 703 (98.6%) participants responded were analyzed for final results. 95.9% of the health personnel were aware about route of transmission and clinical symptoms (95.3%) of COVID-19. 63.7% believed that virus outbreak would be controlled globally and followed standard precautions (81.8%), including wearing the mask. Further, majority (98.3%) of the participants avoided social contact by not going to crowded places and not calling people to their homes (82.2%) during the advisory of the government. In binary logistic regression analyses, the adequate knowledge score found significantly associated with MBBS/bachelor's degree (odds ratio [OR]: 2.309, confidence interval [CI]: 1.232-4.324, P < 0.009) and master's degree (OR: 2.944, CI: 1.485-5.835, P < 0.002), working with government health-care facility (OR: 3.662, CI: 1.624-8.285, P < 0.002), and holding a post of a physician (OR: 7.735, CI: 2.210-27.091, P < 0.001) during outbreak. CONCLUSIONS: The level of education is associated with adequate knowledge scores among the health personnel. Type of health-care facility and post held in a health-care facility are significant predictors of adequacy of knowledge.
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There is a new public health emergency victimization the world with the emergence and spread of COVID-19. However, India has performed very well to tackle this emergency of public health so far but at the time of writing the manuscript (as on 06.04.2020), India is on the stage to increase the lockdown period in the current situation because of peak rise in the confirmed cases of COVID-19. The present study aims to review the decisions of the Indian government that are being implemented so far to hold the situation of COVID-19 along with the challenges faced so far. However, only time will tell that the decisions taken so far are sufficiently strong to protect the majority of Indian during on-going COVID-19 pandemic. At last, special considerations highlight on major footsteps and challenges so far in India due to COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Clinical & Experimental Investigations is the property of Modestum Publications and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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In most of the affected country's ignorance of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) towards COVID-19 leads to several issues. The aim of the present study is to review and discuss the KAP to fight the COVID-19 crisis in respect of stakeholders namely, general populations, health workers, and students. A comprehensive search of the literature associated with KAP towards COVID-19 is made using various keywords through PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus and based on the results;a brief review is done by assessing the various aspects like country, sample size, and so forth. A detailed structure is provided with the KAP towards COVID-19 to overwhelm the significant impact of the explosion. Though, various studies appear in the literature as a result of sufficient element of knowledge, positive attitude, and necessary practice, yet there are various challenges in front of the authority bodies as this pandemic becoming critical day by day. Incessant progress in the KAP has contributed well in the fight against the pandemic and we believe that providing proper information to related COVID-19 would help in tackling this disease, especially, when authorities started talking with COVID-19 for a long period or until a vaccine developed.
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COVID-19 virus has resulted in the lockdown of schools, offices, factories, temples, railway stations, and even the airspace. It is estimated that due to the lockdown, the Indian economy may face prolonged adverse impact. The paper is an attempt to ascertain the impact of lockdown on the Indian economy and explore future perspective. The study has addressed important issues like consumption expenditure, demand & supply, unemployment rate, purchasing power, financial market, etc. Under the given circumstances, the lockdown will cost India around USD 120 bn. The manufacturing and service sector has come to an abrupt stop and interrupted domestic supply chains. If this crisis continuous it will indirectly affect all economic sectors. The study has given suggestions as a learning curve which can be used by different stakeholder to improve the economic situation of the country and minimize negative effect of lockdown.
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Masks play a role in the protection of health-care workers (HCWs) from acquiring respiratory infections, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in health-care settings. This observational study was conducted among 382 HCWs in a tertiary care setting over a period of 1 month. Descriptive analysis was done to assess the rational and recommended use of masks/respirators during COVID-19 pandemic using a structured observation checklist as a survey tool. A total of 374 HCWs were included, 64.9% of whom were using face masks rationally as mentioned per risk area categorization with a predominance of triple-layered mask during all 4 weeks. Overall, 64.1% used masks correctly. Clear guidelines and strategies can help to increase the compliance of HCWs with rational use of face masks.