• Canan Ağalar and Derya Öztürk Engin.
• Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology University of Health Sciences,Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
• Turk J Med Sci. 2020 Apr 21; 50 (SI-1): 578-584.

AbstractIn the COVID-19 pandemic, which affects the whole world, healthcare professionals (HCP) are at high risk of transmission due to their direct contact with patients with COVID-19. Therefore, how to ensure the triage of the patient with acute respiratory symptoms should be determined in advance, the contact distance should be arranged to be at least 2 m, COVID-19 suspect or diagnosed patient should be instructed to wear a surgical mask. During the care of these patients, HCP should wear their personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with the procedure and should not neglect hand hygiene. The samples of the patient with known or suspected COVID-19, patient should also be known to be risky in terms of contamination, and a risk assessment should be performed for the procedures to be performed in laboratories. The PPE should be used in accordance with the procedure to be performed. The protection of the HCP, who sacrifice at the risk of life, is possible only by complying with infection control and precautions.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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