COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know?
ABSTRACT A new outbreak of respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 in China caused standards of medical care to change not only for related areas but for the entire healthcare system, and when the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic new strategies of patient care had...
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| author | Edgar Ivan Bravo Castro Gerardo López Secchi Cristobal Díaz Gómez Javier Torres Gómez Omar Clark Ivan Azael Martinez Alonso José Gadu Campos Salcedo |
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| description | ABSTRACT A new outbreak of respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 in China caused standards of medical care to change not only for related areas but for the entire healthcare system, and when the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic new strategies of patient care had to be defined initially to optimize resources to confront the pandemic and then to protect healthcare personnel. As urologists, we must be involved in these new standards, since without an effective vaccine the risk of contagion is high; thus, the purpose of this review is to have orientation on the measures urologists should take in their everyday clinical practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7ea16f5e7f74f9ca4c52d78f4e414d92022-12-21T23:31:04ZengSociedade Brasileira de UrologiaInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology1677-611910.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2020.s117COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know?Edgar Ivan Bravo CastroGerardo López SecchiCristobal Díaz GómezJavier Torres GómezOmar ClarkIvan Azael Martinez AlonsoJosé Gadu Campos SalcedoABSTRACT A new outbreak of respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus in late December 2019 in China caused standards of medical care to change not only for related areas but for the entire healthcare system, and when the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic new strategies of patient care had to be defined initially to optimize resources to confront the pandemic and then to protect healthcare personnel. As urologists, we must be involved in these new standards, since without an effective vaccine the risk of contagion is high; thus, the purpose of this review is to have orientation on the measures urologists should take in their everyday clinical practice.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ibju/v46s1/1677-6119-ibju-46-s01-0113.pdfPrimary PreventionQuarantineCOVID-19 diagnostic testing [Supplementary Concept] |
| spellingShingle | Edgar Ivan Bravo Castro Gerardo López Secchi Cristobal Díaz Gómez Javier Torres Gómez Omar Clark Ivan Azael Martinez Alonso José Gadu Campos Salcedo COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know? International Brazilian Journal of Urology Primary Prevention Quarantine COVID-19 diagnostic testing [Supplementary Concept] |
| title | COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know? |
| title_full | COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know? |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know? |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know? |
| title_short | COVID-19: Measures to prevent hospital contagion. What do urologists need to know? |
| title_sort | covid 19 measures to prevent hospital contagion what do urologists need to know |
| topic | Primary Prevention Quarantine COVID-19 diagnostic testing [Supplementary Concept] |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ibju/v46s1/1677-6119-ibju-46-s01-0113.pdf |
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