The Spanish Society of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Hygiene, in continuous contact with the Ministry of Health and other health authorities through alert networks, has informed health professionals of a list of five recommendations for possible cases of infection of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) originated in Wuhan, Hubei province in China.
Respiratory measures that, as you well remember Immaculate Salcedo Loyal, Vice President of that company, should be taken into consideration although in “Spain there is no significant risk.” The society, which works in constant coordination with the Ministry of Health (direct interlocutor with International organizations), also remember that the alert system of said ministry “It works very well” so if any contagion is known, it would be notified as quickly as possible.
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“We are very in touch with the health authorities to detect possible cases and declare them as soon as possible” |
“The preventivists are very attentive to possible infections and we are going to the Alert Network and from that body to the counseling and from there to Ministry”, Salcedo explains about the “fast” chain of notices with which the ministerial information is updated. In addition, he reiterates that society “has put the batteries” and is researching and “doing literature search to increase knowledge about the coronavirus. ”
The vice president assures that the experience of listeria has reinforced them in their direct relationship with national organizations to expedite communication as much as possible. “We are very in touch with the health authorities to detect possible cases and declare them as soon as possible, ”he added.
Five ‘essential’ performances
Making this contagion similar to that of the flu, Salcedo recommends the healthcare professional (doctor or nurseo) take special care when the interlocutor with whom you have a conversation, especially if said patient has a “clinical picture compatible with a respiratory virus. “
Although this body will develop a document with the measures to be taken into account by health professionals to avoid contagion, Salcedo advances the five most ‘essential’. Being more than a meter from a suspicious patient, cough or sneeze with tissues, if you do not have on hand use the elbow “so that the droplets do not disperse in the environment”, hand washing and be very aware of the symptoms of clinical picture with people who have come from these sites.
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