Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan.
Phuentsholing General Hospital, Phuentsholing, Bhutan.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2022 Mar;34(2-3):247-248. doi: 10.1177/10105395211062788. Epub 2021 Dec 1.
There is no international reporting of SARS-CoV-2 infections in health care workers (HCWs). Estimates suggest that a HCW dies every thirty minutes from COVID-19. This worsened the shortages and burnout of HCWs worldwide. Twenty months into the pandemic, Bhutan recorded over 2600 COVID-19 positive cases and three deaths. About 906 HCWs were directly involved in managing these laboratory confirmed cases but no infections occured amongst this group. This zero infection was possible through the clustered management of positive cases in four national COVID-19 centers, strategic deployment of HCWs, the uninterrupted provision of quality personal protective equipment (PPE) and repeated training on the correct use of PPE. This is an exemplary achievement for a small country with limited expertise and resources.
尚无关于卫生保健工作者（HCWs）感染 SARS-CoV-2 的国际报告。据估计，每三十分钟就有一名 HCW 死于 COVID-19。这使得全球 HCWs 的短缺和倦怠情况更加恶化。大流行二十个月后，不丹记录了超过 2600 例 COVID-19 阳性病例和 3 例死亡病例。大约 906 名 HCWs 直接参与管理这些实验室确诊病例，但该人群中未发生感染。通过将阳性病例集中管理在四个国家 COVID-19 中心、HCWs 的战略性部署、持续提供高质量个人防护设备（PPE）以及对 PPE 使用的正确方法进行反复培训，实现了这一零感染的目标。对于一个专业知识和资源有限的小国来说，这是一项典范性的成就。
