Managing Covid-19 Pandemic in Teaching Hospitals

An Early Preparedness Setting (Pengurusan Pandemik Covid-19 di Hospital Pengajar: Suatu Penetapan Persediaan Awal)

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ID22357906
AuthorsZMAWATI MOHAMMED NAW (National University of Malaysia), Azimatun Noor Aizuddin (0000-0001-8050-4150, National University of Malaysia), Rozita Hod (0000-0001-8645-1723, National University of Malaysia), Norfazilah Ahmad (0000-0003-4964-8652, National University of Malaysia), Faiz Daud (0000-0003-1405-5179, National University of Malaysia), Sharifah Azura Salleh (0000-0001-8645-0560, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre), Najma Kori (0000-0003-4955-0516, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre), Petrick Periyasamy (0000-0003-4379-9214, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre), Mohd Rohaizat Hassan (0000-0002-4658-6532, National University of Malaysia), HANAFIAH HARUNARASHID (University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre), Kamaruzaman Jusoff (0000-0001-5020-1618, National University of Malaysia), MOHD AFIQ ARIFIN (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan)
Year2024
Volume3
Issue1
Publication date2024-12-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ecohumanism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2752-6798 • E-ISSN: 2752-6801
PublisherCreative Publishing House (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.62754/joe.v3i1.5496
OpenAlexW4405721098
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2019-20 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic on 11th of March 2020. The Ministry of Health, Malaysia has made preparations for the involvement of all government hospitals, including some teaching hospitals. This report elaborates and discusses the early establishment of the Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (HCTM CPRC), highlighting how teaching hospitals function in handling the clinical and epidemiological management of COVID-19 among hospital staff. The setting comprises of four critical functions of the HCTM CPRC, namely case investigation, close contact tracing, surveillance for data reporting and risk communication. This report highlighted that a CPRC in teaching hospitals benefits not only the patients and the hospital administration but also all hospital staff, especially in managing COVID-19 pandemic emergency crisis

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Preparedness · COVID-19 Prevention and Impact · Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Virology

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