@article{ref1,
title="Burns and CoViD-19 - initial experience and challenges",
journal="Journal of burn care and research",
year="2020",
author="Kumar, Shalabh and Kain, Rakesh and More, Amrita and Sheth, Srushti and Arumugam, Praveen Kumar",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it many challenges in the field of healthcare  around the world. Managing burn patients has its own challenges as they require a  long duration of care and are more susceptible to infection. We conducted a  retrospective observational study from 30 th January to 15 th July 2020 at our  centre to study the epidemiology of burns treated & patients and healthcare workers  affected by COVID-19 during this period. The number of burn admissions showed a  42.6% reduction as compared to last year. A total of 17 patients (3.67%) and 29  health care workers (8.68%) tested positive for COVID-19 in the burns department. Our strategy underwent changes based on the changing dynamics of COVID-19 and  changes in government and institutional policies. We have described the various  challenges we faced in managing burns during this time. We found that effective  screening of patients and healthcare workers, proper segregation of negative and  positive/ suspect population and a low threshold for COVID-19 testing were essential  to mitigate transmission of infection.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1559-047X",
doi="10.1093/jbcr/iraa217",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa217"
}