IAP Guideline on Practicing Safely During COVID-19 Era: Clinics and Small Establishments

• Published in: Indian pediatrics Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 383 - 390
• Main Authors: Basavaraja, G. V., Chandrasekar, Supraja, Bansal, Arun, Gupta, Dhiren, Parekh, Bakul Jayant, Kamath, S. S., Desai, Snehal, Nagar, Pritesh, Shah, Nitin, Bhadra, Atanu, Chitkara, A. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.04.2021
• Subjects: COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - therapy; COVID-19 - transmission; Critical Pathways - organization & administration; Critical Pathways - standards; Critical Pathways - trends; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infection Control - instrumentation; Infection Control - methods; Infection Control - organization & administration; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control; Intersectoral Collaboration; Maternal and Child Health; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neonatology - organization & administration; Neonatology - standards; Organizational Innovation; Pediatric Surgery; Pediatrics; Pediatrics - organization & administration; Pediatrics - standards; Recommendations; SARS-CoV-2; Societies, Medical; India; Preparedness; Physical distancing; Resource-limited setting; SARI

Justification The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has had a formidable impact on Indian health care. With no sight of its end as yet, various establishments including the smaller clinics and nursing homes are restarting full operations. Hence, there is the need for recommendations to allow safe prac...