Perception of health professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and strategies for professional practice

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ana Cristina da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Giuliana Fernandes e, França, Luiz Carlos Moraes, Vargas, Gleiciana Sant' Anna, Firmino, Gabrielle
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18724
• topic: Contaminación biológica; Pandemias; Equipo de protección personal; Protocolos; COVID-19.; Contaminação Biológica; Pandemias; Equipamento de Proteção Individual; Protocolos; COVID-19.; Biological contamination; Pandemics; Personal protective equipment; Protocols; COVID-19.

Objective: To describe the perception of health professionals about care in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and to propose preventive strategies against the risks of contamination in the hospital environment. Method: Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were used, and Bardin's content analysis was used to organize and analyze the material. The study was carried out with the participation of health professionals from a hospital in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: Professionals described their fear of the risk of contracting the disease and being a vehicle for transmission to other people. The high mortality rate impacted the perception of the new Corona virus and the professional's perception in the daily care of patients. Some professionals described the concern in living in other institutions and pointed out the fear regarding the lack of personal protective equipment, fatigue from work and the need to follow biosafety protocols in addition to communication between professionals. Professionals consider the presence of protocols in health units that receive patients affected by COVID-19 to be important and claim to consult these documents to remember the strategies and recommendations. Conclusion: Given the complexity of work in a hospital setting, understanding general aspects of administration and organization of work in health is necessary to expand skills, abilities and attitudes to develop a safe practice.