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In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, several preventive measures were necessary to avoid contamination by the disease and to avoid other attacks on patients and professionals. The World Health Organization recommends, social isolation and / or removal, hand hygiene, the use of masks for patients with suspected COVID-19, empirically, the use of fabric masks for people outside the home and reaffirms the need for the use of the N-95 mask and other individual protective equipment for health professionals to avoid contamination by the coronavirus. Faced with this pandemic, the continuous use of PPE's by health professionals throughout their working hours increases the risk of developing injuries, there are few reports in the literature. Objective: to identify in the literature, preventive measures to develop pressure injuries in health professionals. Methods: integrative review, studies published between 2000 and 2020. Results: 14 articles were selected, with different research designs. Most of the publications from China were found. The main recommendations described were skin care, such as hydration and application of protective products that allow the sealing of personal protective equipment. Final considerations: There are not enough studies, so far, to list measures that will actually protect the professional from developing injuries due to the use of protective equipment, measures based on protocols for patients using ventilation are recommended. non-invasive, based on the same mechanical forces (pressure and shear).

COVID – 19: medidas de prevenção de lesão por pressão ocasionadas por equipamentos de proteção individual em profissionais da saúde