Officials in government and private medical centers and hospitals revealed that the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi has recently committed to gathering health facilities in the emirate, to actively monitor health care workers, to ensure their safety and not be exposed to the "Covid-19" infection, by conducting a PCR examination for " Covid-19 "for all employees of health facilities, and a periodic examination of doctors dealing with patients of" Corona ", at least once a month.
In detail, the Abu Dhabi Health Department has committed medical facilities in the emirate to a number of measures that must be taken, including follow-up and periodic examination of health care workers with the need for health facilities to focus on appropriate infection control practices, and to ask their workers to report any exposure It is unprotected, as well as regularly monitoring themselves for fever, and any symptoms of respiratory infection.
The department stressed the necessity for health facilities to perform a “corona examination” test for all workers who suffer from respiratory symptoms consistent with “Covid-19”, and to stop them from working with the application of isolation conditions while symptoms are present. Health facilities must also maintain a record of all workers who provide care for cases Confirmed «Covid-19».
The department indicated that the incubation period of the «Covid-19 virus», and the consequent risk of continuous exposure to health care workers, will require the necessity of the medical facilities to actively monitor the workers and monitor them daily for symptoms, in addition to examining them PCR on a monthly basis as a minimum, pointing out the necessity That health care workers who have been diagnosed with the "Covid-19" virus stop working, to return to work as soon as possible, as soon as they are free of symptoms, with two consecutive negative results available for PCR testing.
The department obligated all health facilities to do a PCR examination for “Covid-19” for all workers (the medical staff who provide care for non-Covid-19 patients), and to determine the risk rate of exposure to “Covid-19”, and accordingly a periodic examination is specified for them. Health care workers must also self-monitor symptoms, and they should be tested if they develop any symptoms.
4% infection rate in «health» hospitals
The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) stated that the infection rates among the 18,000 employees of SEHA hospitals ranged between 2 and 4%, which are lower than international rates, noting that the medical and nursing staff use personal protection equipment According to the guidelines issued by the health authorities in the country, which are in line with the highest international standards and guidelines.
Whereas doctors at the isolation hospitals affirmed that they followed the highest levels of adherence to guidelines and preventive methods, and that they took intensive precautionary methods, beginning with treating each patient as a positive condition, wearing sterile and protective clothing, once they entered the hospital, maintaining the physical distance of two meters, and measuring temperatures twice a day , Wearing masks, as well as sterilizing personal and office items, periodically.
They stressed that all members of the medical staff are ready to face all challenges, and all they need is community commitment to precautionary measures.