Resumen

MARQUEZ-GUTIERREZ DE VELASCO, Javier. Safe handling considerations in a coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). How to prepare a surgical unit?. Rev. mex. anestesiol. [online]. 2020, vol.43, n.2, pp.121-129.  Epub 04-Oct-2021. ISSN 0484-7903.  https://doi.org/10.35366/92870.

While the world is facing a pandemic caused by the virus 2019-nCoV, critical hospital areas like the surgical unit must be ready to prevent contamination of the environment and the healthcare provider. The main purpose of this article is to review the current recommendations for using personal protection equipment, introduce devices that can prove useful for the practice of anesthesia and to explain the modifications and adaptations that must be made to both human and material resources in the surgical unit.

Palabras llave : COVID-19; surgical unit; safety procedures.

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