A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented a huge challenge to the health systems across the world. When the virus hit South Africa, and the state of national disaster was announced by the president, the healthcare system had to work on its COVID-19 response preparedness. Ini...

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Main Authors:	Indiran Govender, Keorapetse M. Masilo, Olga M. Maphasha, Sello Matjila
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AOSIS 2020-11-01
Series:	South African Family Practice
Subjects:	kalafong hospital tertiary hospital gauteng sars-cov 2 covid-19
Online Access:	https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5196

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title	A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
title_short	A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
title_full	A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
title_fullStr	A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
title_sort	description of events surrounding the index covid-19 diagnosis in a staff member at kalafong provincial tertiary hospital in gauteng, south africa
publisher	AOSIS
series	South African Family Practice
issn	2078-6190 2078-6204
publishDate	2020-11-01
description	The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented a huge challenge to the health systems across the world. When the virus hit South Africa, and the state of national disaster was announced by the president, the healthcare system had to work on its COVID-19 response preparedness. Initially, a few hospitals were then designated facilities for managing COVID-19 patients. Kalafong Hospital, which was not amongst a list of designated facilities for COVID-19 was forced to evaluate its level of preparedness after an intern doctor tested positive. The objectives of this report are to illustrate the hospital’s response around the management of the index case to share our facility’s general response to the pandemic.
topic	kalafong hospital tertiary hospital gauteng sars-cov 2 covid-19
url	https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5196
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A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa

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