Problem Statement: How do Health Care Workers resume operations without getting infected?
A. Mines and Aviation Industry after hundreds of Accidents built a safety culture while continuing the Work
NIOSH safety guidelines emanate from engineering/mining industry.
Why we in medicine are afraid/scared/paralysed at change/challenge?May be new normal till vaccine.
1. Cheap/Reliable/Locally built and certified PPE
2. Rapid Point of care PCR test+ Antibody test giving results in an hour.
3. Low cost well ventilated rooms/AC with required air changes.
For How long will we import stuff from China.
How about developing/certifying such low cost kits(~Rs 100) by IIT Kanpur
pipeskit.org
Let us validate them fast in India. Will develop confidence in our health care workers using them.
Many mine workers Practice it day in day out to be safe from Pneumoconiosis. Why can't we.
Let's try to bring this mindset in Medicine at Mass level
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