Authors: Fazeela Shahzad , Nudrat Sohail

Abstract

Civil hospital of Gujranwala District of Punjab is a teaching hospital where a huge number of patients visit every day. Obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital is a much busy department, around 92,186 patients visited the department last year and 11,788 births were conducted. Since the first case of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was reported, country has witnessed a lot of phenomena due to Coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, it was much needed that department develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to respond to Coronavirus outbreak and sustain essential obstetric services at this institute. There are three important components to focus on for developing a policy for the department with aim of preventing COVID-19 infection transmission among patients and health care providers. These are Guarding (Protection), Gears (Equipment) & Grounding (Planning). These important elements need to be addressed for preventing spread of infection. Aim should be to continue smooth delivery of quality health services to gravid females and to keep a check on complications during pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19, Health care providers, Guarding, Gears, Grounding, Personal protective equipment (PPE).