Suraksha Chakra: A new scoring system to protect the healthcare workers from COVID

Binit Sureka; Vibhor Tak; Vijaya Lakshmi Nag; Raj Rani; Mahendra Kumar Garg; Sanjeev Misra

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1768_20

Suraksha Chakra: A new scoring system to protect the healthcare workers from COVID

J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Apr;10(4):1512-1514. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1768_20. Epub 2021 Apr 29.

Authors

Binit Sureka¹, Vibhor Tak², Vijaya Lakshmi Nag², Raj Rani³, Mahendra Kumar Garg⁴, Sanjeev Misra⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Basni, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
² Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Basni, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
³ Department of Nursing College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Basni, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
⁴ Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Basni, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
⁵ Director and CEO, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Basni, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

Abstract

Doctors, nurses, house cleaning staff and hospital ward attendants are at increased risk of acquiring coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) if there is a breach in the personal protection equipment. A new simple, easy to implement scoring system has been developed by our Suraksha Chakra team which can be used by the policy makers and hospital administrators. The scoring system is not to discourage anyone but constantly reinforce the healthcare workers for safe practices during patient care.

Keywords: BSF-PHD score; Suraksha; chakra.

Publication types

Review