Damlacık Yolu ile Bulaşan Hastalıklarda Evde İzolasyon Deneyimleri ve Önemi

Abstract

Healthcare workers, especially midwives and nurses who work in service units that require close contact with patients, such as delivery rooms and coronavirus disease-2019 clinics, are at high risk of being infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus2. The virus can be transmitted and cause infections easily through physical contact and droplets. As the disease spread rapidly and infected many people throughout the world, it caused an unprecedented number of patients to be hospitalized and increased the need for medical treatment and care. This situation has led to an increase in the workload of health professionals working at all levels in the hospitals, especially midwives and nurses, and in the risk of transmission among infected patients and healthcare workers. This case report aimed to share the self-isolation measures taken at home by a hospital manager during the period after suspected contact with an infected person and during the treatment process.