The professional commented that based on “the recommendations of the hospital’s infectious diseases committee, as well as the recommendations of the team of infectologists and seeing the number of cases of respiratory diseases in the past three weeks (mainly referring to COVID-19), the decision was made to adopt a series of infection prevention measures measures.
Additionally, the goal is to “highlight the importance of vaccination for those who do not have a completed COVID-19 vaccination card.”
The director commented that in Masvernat, “over the past three weeks, we have diagnosed approximately 30 to 40 new cases of COVID-19 patients every week.”
Therefore, “the committee decided to slightly increase the level of protection by washing hands, which is done in the ordinary way regardless of the coronavirus, but mainly for the purpose of masks,” Dodolico commented.
In addition, he emphasized that among the recent cases, “there are very few cases of a serious nature.” In fact, he added, “only two cases required help beyond the usual; that is, they required hospitalization and oxygen therapy support.”
He explained that one of them “is receiving intermediate care and the other requires intensive care because he has a bacterial infection (also a respiratory infection), which is often associated with coronavirus pathology”.
In fact, he noted, the last case was “associated with bacterial infection and pneumonia.”
The professional said the measures aim to be “the first step to protect health care workers, patients and companions in hospitals”.
It is possible that “this will require or we will need to take more steps in terms of preventive measures, such as in circulation settings; currently these are required in all places where there is direct contact between patients receiving care or companions of patients.” “They will Stay in the hospital, like in a room,” he said.
However, Dodolico said it was analyzing whether it was necessary to “restrict the movement of those who do not perform essential functions within the hospital.”
For now, “that is not included in this package of measures,” he concluded.
Source: Uruguay Daily News of Rio de Janeiro