Mathews Suma Susan, Varghese Lalee, Trupthi M C, Naomi Nancy, Varghese Ajoy Mathew
Department of ENT, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004 India.
College of Nursing, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Oct;74(Suppl 2):3126-3130. doi: 10.1007/s12070-021-02849-6. Epub 2021 Sep 15.
To describe the training of healthcare workers (HCW) in nasopharyngeal swabbing during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Retrospective study.
Tertiary care teaching hospital.
One hundred and seventy eight health care workers were trained from May 2020 to January 2021. Three modules were designed to train the health care workers in the technique of obtaining a nasopharyngeal swab specimen.Training consisted of an instructional video on how to perform nasopharyngeal swabs and live demonstration followed by hands-on supervised training. The trainees included 30 doctors, 101 nurses, 31 respiratory therapists, 3 physiotherapists, 9 interns and 4 lab technicians. There were 39 male and 139 female trainees. After attending all 3 modules of training, they were confident and efficient in taking a non-traumatic nasopharyngeal swab. Good knowledge and adequate training is key to a good nasopharyngeal sampling for SARS CoV-2 testing.
描述在新冠疫情期间医护人员进行鼻咽拭子采样的培训情况。
回顾性研究。
三级护理教学医院。
2020年5月至2021年1月期间，对178名医护人员进行了培训。设计了三个模块来培训医护人员采集鼻咽拭子标本的技术。培训内容包括关于如何进行鼻咽拭子采样的教学视频、现场演示，随后是实践操作的监督培训。学员包括30名医生、101名护士、31名呼吸治疗师、3名物理治疗师、9名实习生和4名实验室技术人员。有39名男性学员和139名女性学员。在参加了所有三个模块的培训后，他们能够自信且高效地采集无创鼻咽拭子。良好的知识和充分的培训是进行良好的新冠病毒检测鼻咽采样的关键。
