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Med Int Mex 2020; 36 (5)

Positioning for post-COVID-19 health care upon return to the doctor’s office

Fanghänel SG, Enciso-Muñoz JM, Sánchez-Reyes L, Servin-Caamaño A, Ruiz-Gastelum E, Alcocer-Gamba MA, De los Ríos-Ibarra MO, López-Cuellar J, Berni-Betancourt AC, Gutiérrez-Fajardo P, Beltrán-Nevárez O, Saturno-Chiu G, Madrid-Miller A, Berber A, Cabrera-Rayo A, Díaz-Jiménez K, Arredondo-Sandoval J

Language: Spanish
References: 21
Page: 688-695
PDF size: 232.65 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The recommendations for face-to-face medical attention in the post-pandemic COVID- 19 should be taken up in a different reality. It should be borne in mind that the return of the medical doctor to consult after the COVID-19 pandemic supposedly ends, acquires a greater risk of becoming infected than if he continued to be confined at home. The decision of when to restart the medical consultation should be made in the context of local circumstances. Prioritizing patient safety will be essential and a great challenge. We must make many changes in our usual lifestyle, to adjust to a “different reality” that represents the return to medical activity in the office. We present some scenarios in the necessary measures that allow the prevention of contagion for the medical doctor, the health team, the staff and the patients.


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