Oman Medical Journal (Nov 2020)
“Virtual Interdisciplinary COVID-19 Team”: A Hospital Pandemic Preparedness Approach
- Abdullah Balkhair,
- Mahmoud Al Jufaili,
- Khalifa Al Wahaibi,
- Dawood Al Riyami,
- Faisal Al Azri,
- Shanoona Al Harthi,
- Mujahid Al Busaidi,
- Saif Al Mubaihsi,
- Zakaria Al Muharrmi,
- Nihal Al Riyami,
- Zainab Al Belushi,
- Raghad Abdawani,
- Amna Al Hashar,
- Abdulaziz Al Mahrezi,
- Khuloud Al Maamari,
- Ibrahim Al Busaidi,
- Zaid Al Hinai,
- Fatma Ba Alawi,
- Hashim Ba Taher,
- Mansour Al Jabri
Affiliations
- Abdullah Balkhair
- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Mahmoud Al Jufaili
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Khalifa Al Wahaibi
- Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Dawood Al Riyami
- Department of Medicine, Nephrology Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Faisal Al Azri
- Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Shanoona Al Harthi
- Nursing Directorate, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Mujahid Al Busaidi
- Department of Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Saif Al Mubaihsi
- Department of Medicine, Pulmonology Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Zakaria Al Muharrmi
- 9Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Nihal Al Riyami
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Zainab Al Belushi
- Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Raghad Abdawani
- Department of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Amna Al Hashar
- Department of Pharmacy, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Abdulaziz Al Mahrezi
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Khuloud Al Maamari
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Ibrahim Al Busaidi
- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Zaid Al Hinai
- Department of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Fatma Ba Alawi
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Hashim Ba Taher
- Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- Mansour Al Jabri
- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.131
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 35,
no. 6
pp. e190 – e190
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to move at record speed. Health systems and hospitals worldwide face unprecedented challenges to effectively prepare and respond to this extraordinary health crisis and anticipated surge. Hospitals should confront these unparalleled challenges with a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, coordinated, and organized strategy. We report our experience with the systematic application of the “4S” principle to guide our institutional preparedness plan for COVID-19. We used an innovative “virtual interdisciplinary COVID-19 team” approach to consolidate our hospital readiness.
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