Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020;75:e2281.
Agile response to the shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 crisis
Marcos Moraes
, Renata Pivi de Almeida
, José Eduardo Lopes da Silva
, Marisa Riscalla Madi
, Dirceu Carrara
, Marcia Hitomi Takeiti
, Tânia Mara Varejão Strabelli
, Vilson Cobello Junior
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e2281
Tackling the shortage: educating healthcare workers and controlling the dispensation
Similar to what happened in other countries, in the first weeks of the pandemic, there was a great wastage of these items, either due to misuse or fear of scarcity that led to individual storage by some employees, leading to more scarcity for others. To address these problems, a multi-professional planning team was formed and met daily for a week, with actions concentrated on two pillars: employee education and dispensation control.
For employee education, good practices for the use of PPE were disseminated, as contained in the manual for its use at the HC-FMUSP through the institutional media, with clarifications on the adopted rules and guidelines. Additionally, the Hospital Infection Control Unit promoted training in several units of the hospital, explaining how, when, and where each type of PPE should be used alongside training the teams in the techniques of dressing and undressing, thus mitigating the risk of contamination among the employees ().
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