Browsing by Subject "Health Personnel"
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Antimicrobial mouthwashes (gargling) and nasal sprays administered to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID‐19 infection to improve patient outcomes and to protect healthcare workers treating them
(2020)Background: COVID‐19 infection poses a serious risk to patients and – due to its contagious nature – to those healthcare workers (HCWs) treating them. If the mouth and nose of patients with infection are irrigated with ... -
Association of Personal Protective Equipment Use with Successful Protection Against COVID-19 Infection Among
(2020-04-28)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major challenge for protecting health care workers (HCWs) against the infection. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care workplace is recommended ... -
Behavioural interventions to promote workers’ use of respiratory protective equipment: no evidence that they have much effect
(2020-03-24)What is this? Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is worn by a variety of workers to protect them from hazards they encounter in their workplace. However, RPE can only be effective if worn properly, removed safely and ... -
Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
(2020-03-19)The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that has significant implications for the cardiovascular care of patients. First, those with COVID-19 ... -
Categorización de riesgo y manejo del personal de salud potencialmente expuesto a COVID 19: guía provisoria
(2020-03)El objetivo del documento es orientar la categorización de riesgo, monitoreo y decisiones a ser tomadas para el personal de salud con potencial exposición a COVID-19. Esta guía puede ser modificada de acuerdo al dinamismo ... -
Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–April 9, 2020
(2020-04-14)What is already known about this topic? Limited information is available about COVID-19 infections among U.S. health care personnel (HCP). What is added by this report? Of 9,282 U.S. COVID-19 cases reported among HCP, ... -
Clinical characteristics of 54 medical staff with COVID‐19: A retrospective study in a single center in Wuhan, China
(2020-03-29)In December 2019, an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐Cov‐2) infection occurred in Wuhan, and rapidly spread to worldwide, which has attracted many people's concerns about the patients. ... -
A comparison of health care worker-collected foam and polyester nasal swabs in convalescent COVID-19 patients
(2020-05-01)Background: The exponential growth of COVID-19 cases and testing has created supply shortages at various points in the testing workflow. As of April 15, 2020 FDA recommendations only allowed for the use of nasopharyngeal, ... -
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal swab and saliva
(2020-05-24)We prospectively compared the efficacy of PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2 between paired nasopharyngeal and saliva samples in 76 patients including ten COVID-19 patients. The overall concordance rate of the virus detection ... -
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: rights,roles and responsibilities of health workers, including key considerations for occupational safety and health, 18 March 2020
(2020-03-20)Background: Health workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak response and as such are exposed to hazards that put them at risk of infection. Hazards include pathogen exposure, long working hours, psychological ... -
COVID-19 in healthcare workers in three hospitals in the South of the Netherlands, March 2020
(2020-05-01)Background: Ten days after the first reported case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Netherlands, 3.9% of healthcare workers (HCWs) in nine hospitals located in the South of the Netherlands tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. ... -
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19
(2020-12-18)This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations about care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young ... -
COVID-19: evaluación de riesgos y manejo de trabajadores de la salud expuestos a COVID-19: recomendaciones
(2020-05-11)Recomendaciones para la seguridad de los equipos de salud expuestos al COVID-19. Los trabajadores de salud, y otros trabajadores esenciales, están en la primera línea de la respuesta al brote de COVID-19 y, como tales, ... -
COVID-19: módulo de capacitación referente de pabellón, encargados, fajineros y promotores en contexto de encierro
(2020-11)El propósito de este material es que los referentes de contextos puedan compartir conocimientos, orientar y organizar acciones que favorezcan el cuidado de la salud, específicamente en relación a la pandemia de COVID-19. -
COVID-19: Plan Nacional de cuidado de los trabajadores y las trabajadoras de la salud: recomendaciones del Equipo Nacional de Gestión de Crisis
(2020-08-18)Recomendaciones a los fines de poder generar herramientas que guíen a las instituciones de salud y a los múltiples actores que en ellas se organizan. -
COVID-19: recomendaciones para la organización de instituciones de salud y cuidado del personal de salud
(2020-05-12)Cada jurisdicción, tras evaluar la capacidad de respuesta de sus efectores de salud, debe establecer su organización general, definiendo las rutas asistenciales de los pacientes COVID-19 a los centros de salud y hospitales ... -
The covid‐19 pandemic, personal protective equipment, and respirator: a narrative review
(2020-06-08)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has touched almost every continent. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the final line of protection of healthcare workers (HCW). There is variation as well as controversy ... -
Editor’s commentary: Rapid reviews of PPE – an update
(2020-04-14)In early March 2020, as the COVID-19 crisis began to break in the UK, the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine set up the COVID-19 Evidence Service (https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/). We invited questions from policymakers, ... -
Education interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence to Standard Precautions for the control of health care-associated infections
(2020-03-22)What is this? Standard Precautions, including using personal protective equipment (PPE) or adhering to safe handling of needles are essential for the prevention and spread of infections, such as COVID-19, in healthcare ... -
Equipos de Protección Individual (EPI): categorización de riesgo de acuerdo al nivel de atención
(2020)Incluye una tabla que resume los cinco niveles de atención en paralelo con el nivel de equipos de protección individual para el personal de los servicios.