Please include : NISHADI DHARMASENA /17th augst/1
        
                            

Heart touching memories

Another day of clerk ship begins…It was 17^th august.I was eagle waiting for this day, because today we supposed to go infectious disease hospital(IDH) in angoda.We went by our bus.It was nice journey.But I never think that this journey will change my thoughts.

After we went there matron warmly well come us and bring us to a lecture hall. Then she gave us interesting lecture about the hospital.

It was established in British time. Ideal infectious disease hospital in south Asia which situated in highest place in Colombo. There are separate camps for each disease which are separated from barriers to prevent moving patients among camps. Each camp has separate toilets,kichen and other facilities.                            There are     4 medical wards

                    Pediatric ward

                    HIV ward

                    Isolation unit 

                    Dengue management unit 

                    ICU

                    Clinics       in IDH.   

All procedures are done with precautions to minimize cross infection. There are 5 universal precautions  for cross infection.             1.HAND WASHING 

                                    2.PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIVPMENT 

                                    3.STERILIZATION AND DISINFECTION OF EQUIVPMENT THAT USE FOR EACH PATIENT    

                                    4.PROPER WASTE DISPOSAL   

                                    5.ENVIORENMENTAL CLEANING

Hand washing is done as scrubbing in theaters. Most important place is given to personal protective equipment (PPE).   

 PPE consist of pajama(green colour,long sleaves,high neck, small opening at back) 

                         Overall covering(orange color) 

Polithene apron  

Mask(N 95,at margins there is aluminum rim to adjacent the shape to fit face)

Goggles 

Cap

Shoe covers

Glouse

  

 After wearing this dress we can go close to patients.

Then we went to see isolation rooms.there was 2seperate parts in the room.And also separate toilet and bathroom for each room.Matron showed us how we should enter,examine the patient and how we should leave the room.

HIV wards also there.but we were unable to see wards or patients.
 

After  visiting to IDH I realize though we get precautions to reach them though we isolate them we have to treat them as other human beings.Because as we love our parents,our siblings they also a parent or sibling of some one else who love them so much.So we have to protect them.NEVER LEAVE THEM ALONE,NEVER DISCRIMINATE THEM.