• Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2021

    Development and implementation of a Pacific Island centred COVID-19 Healthcare Worker Safety Guide.

    • Angela Gittus, Bronwen Griffiths, Dominic de Salis, and Georgina Phillips.
    • Pacific Emergency Education, Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia.
    • Emerg Med Australas. 2021 Jun 1; 33 (3): 547551547-551.

    ObjectiveHealthcare workers in Pacific Island Countries face unique workload and infection control hazards because of limited resources, cultural practices and local disease burden. In the context of COVID-19, concern around healthcare worker safety escalated in the region, triggering the need for a relevant resource.MethodsWe describe a collaborative, participatory action-research approach with a diverse range of local clinicians in Pacific Island Countries to design, develop and implement a practical guideline assisting clinicians to work safely during the pandemic.ResultsThe resulting Health Worker Safety Guide for COVID-19 is a relevant and usable protocol developed using local knowledge and now available in several Pacific languages.ConclusionWe recommend a creative approach to facilitate meaningful communication with this group of clinicians, including low resolution technology and use of social media platforms.© 2021 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

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