Cargando…
Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India
There has been an unprecedented increase in global demand for medical oxygen equipment to solve the acute oxygen shortages caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study aims to assess the value of improved access and use of Oxygen Concentrators (OCs) and cylinders during the COVID-19 pandemic in India....
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2023
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37590175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002297 |
_version_ | 1785092006884671488 |
---|---|
author | Batheja, Deepshikha Kurian, Vinith Buteau, Sharon Joy, Neetha Nair, Ajay |
author_facet | Batheja, Deepshikha Kurian, Vinith Buteau, Sharon Joy, Neetha Nair, Ajay |
author_sort | Batheja, Deepshikha |
collection | PubMed |
description | There has been an unprecedented increase in global demand for medical oxygen equipment to solve the acute oxygen shortages caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study aims to assess the value of improved access and use of Oxygen Concentrators (OCs) and cylinders during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. This evaluation is relevant to strengthening health systems in many resource-constrained Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) settings. Using a Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling method, primary surveys were conducted in 450 health facilities across 21 states in India. The primary outcomes measured were self-reported utility of oxygenation devices in meeting the oxygen demand in the short-run and long-run utility of devices compared to the pre-oxygen-devices-distribution-period. We perform bivariate and multivariate regression analyses. Around 53–54% of surveyed facilities reported that the distributed oxygenation devices helped meet oxygen demand in the short run and are expected to increase their long-run capacity to admit non-COVID patients with oxygen needs. The timely availability of technicians was associated with meeting oxygen demand using the additional oxygenation devices at the facilities. Facilities that increased the number of staff members who were able to administer oxygen devices were at higher odds of reducing the administrative load on their staff to organize oxygen support in the long run. Hospital infrastructure was also associated with long-run outcomes. We find that oxygenation devices such as cylinders and OCs were useful in addressing the oxygen demand during the COVID-19-related oxygen emergency. Overall production of oxygen to meet the demands and investments in training biomedical engineers/technicians to administer oxygen could help save lives. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-10434891 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2023 |
publisher | Public Library of Science |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-104348912023-08-18 Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India Batheja, Deepshikha Kurian, Vinith Buteau, Sharon Joy, Neetha Nair, Ajay PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article There has been an unprecedented increase in global demand for medical oxygen equipment to solve the acute oxygen shortages caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study aims to assess the value of improved access and use of Oxygen Concentrators (OCs) and cylinders during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. This evaluation is relevant to strengthening health systems in many resource-constrained Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC) settings. Using a Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) sampling method, primary surveys were conducted in 450 health facilities across 21 states in India. The primary outcomes measured were self-reported utility of oxygenation devices in meeting the oxygen demand in the short-run and long-run utility of devices compared to the pre-oxygen-devices-distribution-period. We perform bivariate and multivariate regression analyses. Around 53–54% of surveyed facilities reported that the distributed oxygenation devices helped meet oxygen demand in the short run and are expected to increase their long-run capacity to admit non-COVID patients with oxygen needs. The timely availability of technicians was associated with meeting oxygen demand using the additional oxygenation devices at the facilities. Facilities that increased the number of staff members who were able to administer oxygen devices were at higher odds of reducing the administrative load on their staff to organize oxygen support in the long run. Hospital infrastructure was also associated with long-run outcomes. We find that oxygenation devices such as cylinders and OCs were useful in addressing the oxygen demand during the COVID-19-related oxygen emergency. Overall production of oxygen to meet the demands and investments in training biomedical engineers/technicians to administer oxygen could help save lives. Public Library of Science 2023-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10434891/ /pubmed/37590175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002297 Text en © 2023 Batheja et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Batheja, Deepshikha Kurian, Vinith Buteau, Sharon Joy, Neetha Nair, Ajay Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India |
title | Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India |
title_full | Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India |
title_fullStr | Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India |
title_short | Role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in India |
title_sort | role of oxygenation devices in alleviating the oxygen crisis in india |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37590175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002297 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT bathejadeepshikha roleofoxygenationdevicesinalleviatingtheoxygencrisisinindia AT kurianvinith roleofoxygenationdevicesinalleviatingtheoxygencrisisinindia AT buteausharon roleofoxygenationdevicesinalleviatingtheoxygencrisisinindia AT joyneetha roleofoxygenationdevicesinalleviatingtheoxygencrisisinindia AT nairajay roleofoxygenationdevicesinalleviatingtheoxygencrisisinindia |