Antisipasi Kelangkaan APD dan Masker dengan Memberdayakan Masyarakat Terdampak Pandemi COVID-19

Abstract

The pandemic (Covid-19) has had a major impact in all aspects of people's lives. The front guard in dealing with Covid-19 is health workers, health workers have a strategic role to help the number of cases of the spread of the Covid-19 virus and of course medical workers are the most at high risk, but in fact many medical personnel have been confirmed positive for Covid-19 because they are infected by patients and many health workers also complained about the lack of personal protective equipment (APD) as more patients continued. Through community empowerment victims of layoffs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they have contributed to the manufacture of several types of APD, namely cloth masks and gowns (hazmat suits). 1200 cloth mask products will be given to the public through Unesa Media Partners (SS Radio, Jawa Pos, Surya, radar, Kompas) and Unesa strategic partners (BPN, Polda, Kodam, Kejati), for 200 allcover gowns (hazmat suits). Packages will be given to Covid 19 referral hospitals. This empowerment is also useful to encourage these partners to have entrepreneurship skills and household financial management.

Pandemi (Covid-19) memberikan dampak besar dalam segala aspek kehidupan masyarakat. Garda terdepan menangani Covid-19 adalah tenaga kesehatan, tenaga kesehatan mempunyai peran strategis untuk membantu banyaknya kasus penyebaran virus covid 19 dan tentu saja petugas medis adalah yang paling beresiko tinggi, namun kenyataannya banyak tenaga medis yang terkonfirmasi positif Covid-19 karena tertular dari pasien dan banyak pula petugas kesehatan mengeluhkan kurangnya alat perllindungan diri (APD) seiring terus bertambahnya pasien. Melalui pemberdayaan masyarakat korban PHK akibat pandemi Covid-19 memberikan sumbangsih pembuatan beberapa dari jenis APD yaitu masker kain dan gown allcover (baju hazmat). Produk masker kain sebanyak 1200 lembar akan diberikan kepada masyarakat melalui Media Partner Unesa (Radio SS, Jawa Pos, Surya, radar, Kompas) dan Mitra strategis Unesa (BPN, Polda, Kodam, Kejati), untuk gown allcover (baju hazmat) sebanyak 200 paket akan diberikan kepada rumah sakit rujukan Covid 19. Pemberdayaan ini juga bermanfaat untuk mendorong mitra tersebut memiliki keahlian enterpreneurship dan manajemen keuangan rumah tangga.