Sestrinski glasnik, Vol. 26 No. 2, 2021.
Letter to the Editor
https://doi.org/10.11608/sgnj.26.2.10
Operating rooms management in Clinical Hospital Dubrava – COVID hospital
Blaženka Kozina Begić
; Central Operating Theatre, Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Osredečki Mihoci
; Central Operating Theatre, Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Due to the specific construction of the hospital and its location, the Croatian government decided that Clinical Hospital Dubrava will be fully converted into an institution for the treatment of COVID-19 positive patients for Northern Croatia. In March 2020 the transformation began bringing many challenges in front of employees, especially nurses. The transformation started with the conversion of space and the development of many protocols, guidelines, and work instructions related to the movement of patients and hospital staff within the institution, proper use of PPE, and dealing with various situations related to COVID-19. Operating nurses largely contributed to this fight by working in changed conditions, in dislocated operating rooms, by educating medical and non-medical hospital staff to correct use of PPE and management and disposition of PPE. In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is challenging to adapt quickly to frequent changes in guidelines and monitor patient needs while preparing for a possible third pandemic wave and similar future scenarios.
Keywords
pandemic; COVID-19; organization; operating room nurses
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261393
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Publication date:
19.8.2021.
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