Open AccessRecommendations for speech therapy in the COVID-19 context in Myofunctional Therapy
Author(s) -
Claudia Gómez Olivares,
Daniela Francisca Guzmán Baquedano,
Rosario Castro Badilla
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0719-532X
pISSN - 0719-3904
DOI - 10.32457/ijmss.v7i3.490
Subject(s) - safeguarding , covid-19 , context (archaeology) , medical education , action (physics) , medicine , psychology , nursing , disease , pathology , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
Provide recommendations for safeguarding the practice of the profession in the myofunctional area in a safe way, both for the speech therapist and for its users, documented in relevant scientific publications. Methods: it constitutes an integrating review. The search was performed through the Lilacs, Pubmed, SciELO databases, and various web pages were consulted, under the terms COVID-19; SARS-CoV 2; security protocol; COVID-19 suggestions and COVID 19 action guides. Results: Recommendations are proposed for speech pathologist linked to myofunctional therapy in various contexts. Discussion: the correct identification of these recommendations represents an absolute top-priority action so that professionals can instruct the behaviors related to patient safety and continue the treatments in COVID-19 context, increasing the protection, with the purpose of preventing infections in the process.