141 Citation: Fakhari N, Jebelli B, Majid M, Varahram M, Ghazanchaei E (2020) Experience of Covid 19 disease in the head nurse of the infectious ward of Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran, Iran. J Surg Surgical Res 6(2): 141-142. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.17352/2455-2968.000116 https://dx.doi.org/10.17352/jssr DOI: 2455-2968 ISSN: CLINICAL GROUP Short Communication Experience of Covid 19 disease in the head nurse of the infectious ward of Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran, Iran Narges Fakhari 1 , Beheshteh Jebelli 2 , Majid Marjani 3 , Mohammad Varahram 4 and Elham Ghazanchaei 5 * 1 Head Nurse of Infectious Diseases Department, Masih Daneshvari, Iran 2 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 PhD Candidate of Health Management in Disaster, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Iran 4 Mycobacteriology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5 Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Received: 16 July, 2020 Accepted: 14 September, 2020 Published: 15 September, 2020 *Corresponding author: Elham Ghazanchaei, PhD, Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sci- ences, Tehran, Iran, Tel: 989123382764; E-mail: https://www.peertechz.com To the Editor On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the new corona virus, or Covid-19, is an epidemic health crisis of international concern [1]. On April 12, 2020, more than 1796298 people were infected with Covid 19 and more than 11026 deaths were registered in the world due to this disease. Iran was ranked eighth in this epidemic with 71686 patients and 4474 deaths. Studies have shown that the most common pathological symptoms of this disease include fever (86%), cough (63.9%), weakness and fatigue (34.7%) [2]. During the outbreak of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, the implementation of infection prevention and control (IPC) in health care settings, especially among the medical staff of health care centers is of great importance [3,4]. Health care workers are one of the most vulnerable people to Covid 19 disease. As of April 8, 2020, 22073 Covid-19 Health care workers from 52 countries had been notified to the WHO [5]. The exact number of patients with Covid-19 disease in the medical staff throughout Iran has not been announced yet. Masih Daneshvari Hospital is a specialized hospital for lung diseases in Tehran, the capital of Iran. It was the first hospital to treat patients with Covid 19 disease. This article presents the experiences of the head nurse of the hospital's infectious ward who has Covid 19 disease. According to the activity of 553 nursing staff in Dr. Masih Daneshvari Hospital, 9.5% of this number has been patients with Covid-19 for about 2 months. The head nurse of the infectious disease department, who had a close relationship with patients with Covid 19, shared her experience with us due to the prevalence of severe symptoms of the disease. Examining the experiences of these people can reveal their emotional, mental as well as physical needs to improve and enhance the management and treatment system.