2020, Number 3
Occupational health facing COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 507-511
PDF size: 178.55 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Workers in the Health sector require suitable special implements to protect themselves in their work environment; at present, these requirements acquire special relevance, as they constitute the guarantee for not becoming themselves a focus of transmission of COVID-19, risking their family group and the community. Ecuador has been among the three countries in South America with most cases of COVID-19, and 1,564 deaths registered until mid-May 2020. Hundreds of doctors, nurses and administrative personnel working in medical centers and hospitals have become positive cases of the disease, which has made it more difficult to care for patients in an emergency. The objective of this work is to comment on issues related to occupational health in the current epidemiological context situation, with an emphasis on Health professionals in Ecuador.REFERENCES
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