Affordable digital innovation to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare workers

被引:4
作者
Ntshalintshali, S. D. [1 ,2 ]
Mnqwazi, C. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Stellenbosch Univ, Tygerberg Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Div Rheumatol, Cape Town, South Africa
[2] Stellenbosch Univ, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Cape Town, South Africa
[3] Stellenbosch Univ, Tygerberg Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Cape Town, South Africa
来源
SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2020年 / 110卷 / 07期
基金
英国医学研究理事会; 新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
SOUTH-AFRICA; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CAPE-TOWN; MORTALITY; RISK; TB;
D O I
10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i7.14879
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
In the South African public healthcare sector, patient medical records are still written on paper and stored in filing rooms. There has been an attempt to move towards a paperless electronic system in many public healthcare facilities, but owing to lack of funding, this has been a challenge to achieve. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the virus could be transmitted through the physical manipulation of patient records by various categories of staff who handle the records with or without gloves for protection. We discuss a digital option that has been partially used at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH), Cape Town, to avoid SARS-CoV-2 patient hard-copy record manipulation. It includes assignment of a QR code to every patient admitted as a person under investigation or confirmed COVID-19 case. The QR code is synced to one of the many free online medical notes smartphone applications (apps), which are password-protected with patient information privacy regulations (Trello is used at TBH), for daily medical notes review and editing. Upon discharge, all notes made during the patient's hospital stay, together with the discharge summary, are printed to generate a hard copy of notes for filing to avoid violation of the current national and provincial patient records policy. Doing this means that a patient will have a virtual online file through the designated app until discharge, when a physical file will be made for storage and safekeeping. It will keep physical manipulation of patient records to the minimum, and potentially assist in reducing transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among healthcare workers.
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页数:5
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