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Equipo de Protección Personal y COVID-19

Publicado por en COVID-19

Autores: Erick Servín Torres, Héctor Nava Leyva, Ariadna Teresa Romero García, Francisco Javier Sánchez González, Gloria Huerta García

Los humanos producimos en diversas situaciones gotas y aerosoles, la transmisión del nuevo virus SARS-COV-2 está dada por inhalación y contacto con mucosas.

La comprensión adecuada de cuál es el equipo para la protección del personal de salud es indispensable. Para brindar una atención adecuada a nuestros pacientes es fundamental el entendimiento de la manera en que los dispositivos que conforman el equipo de protección personal impiden la entrada del virus a nuestro organismo.

Al parecer la protección de la vía aérea es mucho mejor con respiradores, ya sea filtrantes o elastoméricos con un mínimo de filtración de 95%, que con las mascarillas quirúrgicas, aunque la evidencia es insuficiente, hay estudios en marcha para demostrarlo o refutarlo.

El cuidado de la mucosa ocular desempeña un papel muy importante en la transmisión del virus, por lo que es recomendable el uso de lentes o caretas de preferencia herméticos en caso de estar expuesto a alta aerolización.

La capacitación en la colocación y retiro de guantes y overoles es fundamental para evitar contagios. Se concluye que la disponibilidad de un adecuado equipo de protección personal es esencial en la calidad de atención de los pacientes con COVID-19.

Consulta el artículo completo en la revista Cirujano General

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