Open AccessUpdate on biological risk for anesthetists taking care of patients affected by SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19
Author(s) -
Gustavo Calabrese
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
colombian journal of anesthesiology/revista colombiana de anestesiología/revista colombiana de anestesiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2145-4604
pISSN - 0120-3347
DOI - 10.1097/cj9.0000000000000173
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , personal protective equipment , pandemic , coronavirus , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , health care , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak , economics , economic growth
Biological risks are currently of great interest and concern due to the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this setting, the exposure of anesthetists and healthcare personnel to patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 in their professional practice makes an update in the knowledge of the subject essential. The aim is prevention and protection during procedures entailing a higher risk, as is the case of the so-called aerosol generators (by inhalation of droplets). Therefore, we recommend extreme standard precautions focused on hand washing and barrier protection through the use of personal protective equipment in accordance with comprehensive prevention and protection protocols for anesthetists, patients, and operating rooms.