STATE DEATH MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR COMBATING COVID-19: THE BAHIA EXPERIENCE

• Autor(a) principal: Cunha, Ita de Cácia Aguiar
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos, Imeide Pinheiro dos, Martinez-Silveira, Martha Silvia, Mazzei, Márcia de Paulo Costa, Carvalho, Tereza Cristina Paim Xavier
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3267
• topic: Gestão de riscos; óbito; covid-19; práticas mortuárias; sepultamento; Relato de experiência sobre a elaboração do Plano de Manejo de Óbito da Bahia; Gestión de riesgos; muerte; covid-19; prácticas mortuorias; entierro; Risk management; death; covid-19; mortuary practice; burial

The challenges imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic related to increased lethality and mortality from the SARS-CoV-2 virus alerted managers to the possibility of the collapse of the death management service network in the state of Bahia. Our study aims at describing the experience of the health surveillance team in Bahia in the formulation of the Death Management Plan, aimed at guiding state and municipal management, public and private health services for the implementation of appropriate and timely actions in the face of the occurrence deaths during the pandemic. For such purpose, we used literature review (in international databases), document analysis, questionnaires applied to municipal management and listening to managers and health service workers via web meetings. The process of formulating the Plan started from the classification adopted by the Health Surveillance Department of the Ministry of Health to define the phases of the pandemic and to establish the actions and responsibilities shared by the federated entities. The document was approved by the Bipartite Intergovernmental Commission (CIB) and published on the website of the Department of Health of the State of Bahia (Sesab), to serve the 417 municipalities that make up the state territory.