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VOLUME: 36 | ISSUE: 2S | Jun 24, 2020 | PAGE: (41 - 42) | DOI: 10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan

Authors: Zohaib Ashraf , Muna Malik , Muhammad Irfan Malik

Authors

Zohaib Ashraf

Microbiologist – COVID-19 Laboratory, DG Khan Medical College, DG Khan-Pakistan.

Muna Malik

Assistant Professor of Pathology. PGMI/AMC/LGH, Lahore-Pakistan.

Muhammad Irfan Malik

Associate Professor of Pulmonology, PGMI/AMC/LGH. Focal Person of COVID-19 at LGH, Lahore-Pakistan.

Publication History

Received: May 14, 2020

Revised: May 21, 2020

Accepted: June 17, 2020

Published: June 24, 2020

Abstract

Health care professionals (HCPs) remain the most vulnerable population while performing their duties they inadvertently put themselves at high risk for any pandemic. During COVID-19 outbreak, scarce supply of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and prolonged exposure of HCPs with large number of COVID-19 positive cases in healthcare settings, long stressful duty hours and insufficient infection prevention and control (IPC) training given to them has led to a large number of infected cases. Policies should be designed and implemented for more screening and better protection with provision of optimal resources to these valuable personnel of health care system.

Keywords: COVID-19, Health care professionals, Personal protective equipment, SARS-CoV-2.

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Pubmed Style

Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik. COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan. BioMedica. 2020; 24 (June 2020): 41-42. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

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Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik. COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan. https://biomedicapk.com/articles/online_first/389 [Access: April 29, 2024]. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

AMA (American Medical Association) Style

Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik. COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan. BioMedica. 2020; 24 (June 2020): 41-42. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik. COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan. BioMedica. (2020), [cited April 29, 2024]; 24 (June 2020): 41-42. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

Harvard Style

Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik (2020) COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan. BioMedica, 24 (June 2020): 41-42. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

Chicago Style

Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik. "COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan." 24 (2020), 41-42. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik. "COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan." 24.June 2020 (2020), 41-42. Print. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Zohaib Ashraf, Muna Malik, Muhammad Irfan Malik (2020) COVID-19: Utmost Need to Protect Frontline Health Care Workers in Pakistan. , 24 (June 2020), 41-42. doi:10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-389