FICCI launches training courses for healthcare workers on COVID-19

As the whole country is in a 21-day lockdown and over a billion people stay at home to minimize transmission of COVID-19, healthcare workers have to do the opposite by reporting at work every day to care for the sick, putting themselves at high risk of infection. FICCI, on the behest of NITI Aayog, has launched a training course on COVID-19, with a focus on a basic introduction to COVID-19, Infection Prevention and Control, and Clinical management of positive cases, covering more than 15 crucial aspects on preparedness against the outbreak. The course offers information on the outbreak, transmission, symptoms, hospitals’ preparedness, screening and triaging of patients (triage is the process of determining the priority of patients’ treatments based on the severity of their condition or likelihood of recovery with and without treatment), standard precautions, correct and rational use of personal protective equipment PPEs and bio-medical waste management for COVID-19. The content has been referred from credible sources such as guidelines from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, WHO, CDC- USA and best practices…

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