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Managing cancer during COVID pandemic - Experience of a tertiary cancer care center.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare providers worldwide to bring in changes in the way cancer patients are cared for. Many cancer departments globally have brought in changes to their daily practice. This article is about our experience of evolving "COVID 19 PROTOCOL" devised in our department and taking a shape to suit a health care system with limited budget.

Materials and methods

All the patient census & details of department of surgical oncology, Royapettah cancer hospital, from month of March 2020 to July 2020, who were subjected to COVID protocol were compared to patient census of similar duration in immediate past five months of October 2019 to February 2020. The data from out-patient department, ward in-patient census and healthcare personnel data was analyzed.

Results

There was a drop to 63.5% in OP census and 61.6% in IP census. There was a drop to 64.5% in number of major cases operated during initial phases of COVID pandemic. Health care workers were also infected with the COVID but cross infectivity can be checked if proper steps to adhere to an institutional protocol based on general measures of cleanliness are taken.

Conclusion

Adherence to an institutional protocol based on compliance to general measures of masking, hand washing and social distancing plays a major role in minimizing disease spread. The Royapettah COVID protocol, though in process of evolution, can be recommended for any health care center with limited resources.

SUBMITTER: Subbiah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834458 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Managing cancer during COVID pandemic - Experience of a tertiary cancer care center.

Subbiah Shanmugam S   Hussain Syed Afroze SA   Samanth Kumar M M  

European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology 20201003 5


<h4>Objective</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare providers worldwide to bring in changes in the way cancer patients are cared for. Many cancer departments globally have brought in changes to their daily practice. This article is about our experience of evolving "COVID 19 PROTOCOL" devised in our department and taking a shape to suit a health care system with limited budget.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>All the patient census & details of department of surgical oncology, Royapettah c  ...[more]

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