The Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti has produced hand sanitisers and face masks as part of measures to prevent members of hospital communities from falling victim of the dreaded COVID-19.
The high quality preventive products, produced in the hospital according to the FETHI Infection Control Unit, are for the use of the hospital staff, patients and relatives. “We do not produce for sale”.
Adejoke Awotona of the unit, who spoke at Ido-Ekiti while showcasing the products, said: “Wards/clinics are supplied daily for use by staff, patients and relatives use. The sanitisers are also at strategic locations for anybody coming to the hospital.
“Our products are for FETHI community consumption, right from the gates, the security men are there administering to everyone coming in to the hospital, so also censors (sanitiser dispensers) are placed at strategic positions in the hospital which are constantly refilled.
“We considered producing our own in as much as we have the technical knowledge and there is scarcity resulting from high demand of the commodities which can result into production of substandard products. The management felt that it is best we prepare our own based on World Health Organisation standard.
“Then COVID-19 is considered to be droplets/airborne and we want to make sure that anybody in the FETHI community does not fall victim,” she said.
Awotona said:“As at April 15, 2020, we have produced approximately 460 litres of hand sanitisers and about 650 face masks. The production is by Infection Prevention and Control Committee of the hospital”.
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