Occupational health facing COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador

• Main Author: Cruz Xiomara Peraza de Aparicio
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2020-05-01
• Series: Medisur
• Subjects: infecciones por coronavirus; salud laboral; equipo de protección personal; riesgos laborales
• Online Access: http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4713

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.