Mohali constitutes 15 oxygen audit teams to track oxygen use in hospitals
Mohali, April 26, 2021:
District Administration on Monday constituted 15 oxygen audit teams for its hospitals. “In the wake of the unprecedented demand for oxygen, it is necessary that its stock and consumption are closely managed and rationalized, ’’ said Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan and informed that an Oxygen Monitoring Committee is already operational in the district while the newly constituted oxygen audit teams will constantly update the status to the committee .
Pertinently, with the rising cases of COVID 19, an eight member Monitoring Committee under the Chairmanship Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) Aashika Jain is constantly supervising the medical oxygen demand and supply logistics in the district.
The newly constituted 15 oxygen audit teams comprise of three members each, including an RMO, CRO and an SHO. The teams would work 24*7 to ensure daily audit of all COVID hospitals in the district. They will liaison with hospitals and ensure that the hospitals maintain two-hourly oxygen saturation chart of every patient so that requirement per patient be assessed and the Monitoring committee can keep a tab on medical oxygen consumption of each hospital.
Besides, teams will ensure timely shifting of recovered patients from L3 to L2 or L1 facilities so that more L3 beds are available to the critical patients.