Resources

PATH has created a set of eleven posters or job aids intended to support health care service providers and other personnel involved in the operation and maintenance of medical oxygen equipment, such as oxygen cylinders, oxygen concentrators, pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants, liquid medical oxygen (LMO) storage tanks, and medical oxygen conversion charts. These job aids provide guidelines on how to operate the equipment and the safety and mitigation measures that need to be adhered to when dealing with medical oxygen.

The Training of Trainer (ToT) module on “Basics of Oxygen Management System”, developed by PATH, is meant for providing training to those participants who, by the end of the course, are expected to effectively oversee the oxygen ecosystem at their respective levels. This ToT module is relevant to oxygen program managers at national, state, district, and health facility levels to understand the components of medical oxygen management and use this information for informed decision making.

Increasing the ability to share and view rapid diagnostic testing dataThis report provides a template of data fields specifically relevant to the COVID-19 RDT (rapid diagnostic test) workflow, called the “ACT-A COVID-19 ANTIGEN RDT DATA MODEL”. The intention was to accelerate the development and deployment of a set of minimum functionalities with a minimum dataset (designed specifically for the project), incorporating data exchange and format standards, for the collection of COVID-19 data. This model is aimed at supporting LMIC partners in the collection of COVID-19 antigen RDT results at a decentralized level for use in patient care, disease surveillance, supply chain management, and as relevant, other use-cases related to pandemic responses.

The Training of Trainer module on “Personnel Handling Oxygen Devices”, developed by PATH, is intended to provide training to personnel handling oxygen devices in order to meet future demand for medical oxygen by understanding the components of medical oxygen management, oxygen devices, oxygen storage sources, oxygen delivery equipment, operation and maintenance, and their rational and hygienic use.

PATH has developed this module to train medical and nursing personnel on various components of medical oxygen management; COVID-19 case management with oxygen; devices used to deliver oxygen therapy to patients; and the rational use of oxygen to meet future demand for medical oxygen. This module will help in effectively overseeing the management of medical oxygen and judiciously using medical oxygen in respiratory care and COVID-19 case management.