Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick technique

This COVID-19 pandemic has posed difficulty in verbal communication among health-care workers with usage of respirators and personal protective equipments. We propose a four tick technique for the nonverbal closed loop communication in health-care settings with limited resources such as low and midd...

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Main Authors: Vinodhadevi Vijayakumar, Omprakash Srinivasan, Arimanickam Ganesamoorthi, Naveenkumar Vijayakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2021;volume=65;issue=3;spage=315;epage=317;aulast=Vijayakumar
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spelling doaj-263d504a8eb64c3fb3f0ea1bc01337f32021-10-07T04:43:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Public Health0019-557X2021-01-0165331531710.4103/ijph.IJPH_106_21Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick techniqueVinodhadevi VijayakumarOmprakash SrinivasanArimanickam GanesamoorthiNaveenkumar VijayakumarThis COVID-19 pandemic has posed difficulty in verbal communication among health-care workers with usage of respirators and personal protective equipments. We propose a four tick technique for the nonverbal closed loop communication in health-care settings with limited resources such as low and middle-income countries. It is simple, easy to learn, train, effective, ensuring patient safety and can be extended to nonhealth-care settings and in electronic form.http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2021;volume=65;issue=3;spage=315;epage=317;aulast=Vijayakumarcovid-19 pandemicfour tick techniquenonverbal closed loop communicationsign language in health care
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author Vinodhadevi Vijayakumar
Omprakash Srinivasan
Arimanickam Ganesamoorthi
Naveenkumar Vijayakumar
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Omprakash Srinivasan
Arimanickam Ganesamoorthi
Naveenkumar Vijayakumar
Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick technique
Indian Journal of Public Health
covid-19 pandemic
four tick technique
nonverbal closed loop communication
sign language in health care
author_facet Vinodhadevi Vijayakumar
Omprakash Srinivasan
Arimanickam Ganesamoorthi
Naveenkumar Vijayakumar
author_sort Vinodhadevi Vijayakumar
title Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick technique
title_short Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick technique
title_full Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick technique
title_fullStr Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick technique
title_full_unstemmed Nonverbal closed loop communication during COVID-19 pandemic – Proposal of four tick technique
title_sort nonverbal closed loop communication during covid-19 pandemic – proposal of four tick technique
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Public Health
issn 0019-557X
publishDate 2021-01-01
description This COVID-19 pandemic has posed difficulty in verbal communication among health-care workers with usage of respirators and personal protective equipments. We propose a four tick technique for the nonverbal closed loop communication in health-care settings with limited resources such as low and middle-income countries. It is simple, easy to learn, train, effective, ensuring patient safety and can be extended to nonhealth-care settings and in electronic form.
topic covid-19 pandemic
four tick technique
nonverbal closed loop communication
sign language in health care
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