Video Section-Operative Nuances: Step by Step – Donning and Doffing in Neurosurgical Operating Room

Assessing efficacy of instructor based orientation to donning doffing protocols and modifications to doffing area infrastructure in reducing SARS-CoV-2 infection among Doctors assigned to COVID-19 patient care

“…The team was also involved in making suitable adjustments to the infrastructure of donning/doffing rooms, which were already functional. The protocols for the initial batch of HCWs were based on techniques and recommendations for rapid design and operationalisation of areas for donning and doffing provided by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on its website and publications in indexed journals [ [2] , [3] , [4] ]. The hospital team worked on improving on this model.…”

The Development and Integration of a Safety Officer Role to Facilitate Prevention of COVID-19 Virus Transmission in an Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting Using Collaborative Change Leadership Methodology

“…As a result, clinical leaders at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Sunnybrook), a large, urban, multi-site academic hospital in Toronto, Canada, created a supplementary teambased infection control infrastructure through the development and temporary implementation of a safety officer (SO) role in the acute care programs of the hospital. The development and implementation of the role built on initial efforts by infection prevention and control (IPAC) practitioners to provide clinical teams with education regarding safe and effective donning and Siobhan Donaghy, MScrS, ot reg (ont) 1,2 , Jennifer Shaffer, pt, MSc(rS) 1,3 , and Susan Schneider, MN, rN 1 doffing of PPE, recognizing that such knowledge is crucial in preventing infection transmission to health care workers (Verma et al, 2020). Furthermore, evidence has shown it to be even more beneficial for one team member to watch their colleague don and doff PPE, so as to provide immediate feedback and alert them to any potential transmission (Díaz-Guio et al, 2020).…”