Stickers to identify those in PPE suits!

Surat: Now-a-days all healthcare workers (HCWs) working at the New Civil Hospital (NCH) use PPE suits of similar colours, making it very difficult to differentiate between two individuals, especially when someone is covered from head to toe with barely the eyes visible. And it becomes even more challenging during the change of shifts of staff members!
However, to make it more simple, the HCWs will now have a sticker on their suits for easy identification.
To make things simple, there will also be mention on the stickers whether someone is a doctor, nurse or a class 4 employee. A doctor will have a red coloured sticker, while a nurse and an attendant will have a blue and green coloured stickers respectively.
“At present, since all of us wear similar suits it is difficult to communicate properly,” said a doctor at NCH.
“Not only HCWs but patients also face problem to identify the person present in the ward. With the stickers, the patient can come to know the identity of a doctor or a nurse and can thus ask for specific help. Since many doctors are young it may be confusing for others to identify them in just the PPE suits,” said Dr Ragini Verma, in-charge superintendent NCH.
“The stickers can help our colleagues to identify each other and communicate properly and make us work effectively,” said Dr Ashvin Vasava, nodal officer for Covid-19 treatment.
Meanwhile, NCH has also started issuing discharge kits to patients that include face masks, Ayush medicine, hand sanitizers, soaps, snacks, water bottle, juice and instruction brochures to be followed by patients at home.