Measures to Maintain a SARS-CoV-2 Negative Inpatient Hematological Unit in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Medicine

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Almudena Cabero-Martínez¹  Balbina Pérez¹  Felipe Peña-Muñoz¹  Luz-Gema Román¹  Danylo Palomino¹  Lourdes López-Vázquez¹  María-Belén Vidriales¹  Marcos González-Diaz¹  María-Victoria Mateos¹  María-Dolores Caballero¹  Fermín Sánchez-Guijo¹  Lucía López-Corral¹  Estefanía Pérez¹  Alejandro Avendaño¹  Mónica Baile¹  Mónica Cabrero¹  Ana-Africa Martín¹  Angela Rodríguez¹ 

[1] Hematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUS/IBSAL), CIBERONC and Center for Cancer Research-IBMCC (USAL-CSIC)

关键词: COVID-19;    hematology;    preventive measurements;    inpatient units;    immunodepressed patients;    pandemic (COVID-19);   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2020.00462

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The University Hospital of Salamanca, in Spain, had its first COVID-19 case on March 1st and as of May 11th, we had 1,100 positive cases. Based on the vulnerability of patients with blood cancers, on March 9th, the Hematology Department developed a protocol, amended as the new information was available, to maintain the Hematology Unit as a “free COVID-19 island.” The protocol included symptom-based surveys and screening tests to patients, caregivers, and healthcare personnel to identify early potential positive cases and prevent its spread. Between March 9 and April 28, 32 asymptomatic patients and caregivers were tested and 68 rT-PCR diagnostic assays have been performed with two positive results. A 106 healthcare workers have been tested (208 rT-PCR) and seven of them were positive. In summary, the implementation of preemptive measures after the first case appeared allowed us to be able to provide treatment to our patients.

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