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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0484-7903</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de anestesiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. anestesiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0484-7903</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Anestesiología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0484-79032020000200121</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/92870</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Consideraciones para el manejo seguro en brote de enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19). ¿Cómo preparar una unidad quirúrgica?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Safe handling considerations in a coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). How to prepare a surgical unit?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Márquez-Gutiérrez de Velasco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ángeles Mocel  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>121</fpage>
<lpage>129</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0484-79032020000200121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0484-79032020000200121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0484-79032020000200121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Mientras el mundo enfrenta una pandemia por el agente vírico 2019-nCoV, las áreas críticas como la unidad quirúrgica se deben preparar para evitar la contaminación del personal de atención médica y el entorno. Los objetivos de este artículo son presentar las recomendaciones actuales para el uso de equipo de protección personal, dar a conocer los dispositivos útiles en la práctica de la anestesia y explicar las modificaciones y adecuaciones que se deben hacer a los recursos humanos y a los materiales dentro del área quirúrgica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: 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.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[unidad quirúrgica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[manejo seguro]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[surgical unit]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[safety procedures]]></kwd>
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