Title:
COVID-19 - Overview of 8918 Medical Care Provided to Health Professionals with Respiratory Symptoms in a Large Hospital in São Paulo-Brazil.

Authors:
Telma De Cássia Dos Santos Nery, Eric Kiyoshi Mochizuki Hara, Flávia Fazoli Da Cunha Freitas Viana, Renilda Martins Prestes, Camila De Aquino Feijó, Brazil

Abstract:

In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus emerged and caused a worldwide pandemic through Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infecting and leading to the death of countless people. Health professionals are at great risk, because they need to act on the front line. This article aims to show an overview, in the period of March 12th, 2020 (beginning of pandemic care) to May 31st, 2020, of these professionals with respiratory symptoms, in a large hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It was observed that 8918 medical visits were performed in the service, of which 5139 (57.6%) resulted in RT/PCR test requests, of which 1566 were positive (30.5%).  The female sex was the most prevalent, the average age was 38, 2 years. According to the professional category, the nursing team (nurses, auxiliaries and technicians) was the most prevalent, with 656 (43.5%) confirmed cases, followed by 289 (19.2%) physicians and medical residents. The statistics provided by the Ministry of Health only show an epidemiological profile (gender, age, geographic region, comorbidities), but do not portray the occupational groups they belong to and the vast majority may have been infected in the workplace. That is why it is important knowing the profile of the results of RT PCR tests for health professionals of hospital services as at contributes to the adoption of preventive measures among these professionals and ensure good working conditions with the organizational measures necessary for each environment and thus ensure better control of the pandemic.