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There is a good correlation between diagnostic accuracy of symptomatic patients tested with rRT-PCR using self- collected saliva samples compared nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs
Evidencias COVID-19
NIPH Live map of COVID-19 evidence
The results indicate that the correlation between diagnostic accuracy of symptomatic patients tested with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) using self- collected saliva samples, compared to health care worker administrated nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs is good, corresponding to a sensitivity of 97-100 % and a specificity of 89-100%. The results should be considered with caution as further studies may change the estimates. Additionally, six of the studies are ...
ver más ... 2020There is uncertainty for the electronic follow-up of children and youth in childcare institutions
Evidencias COVID-19
NIPH Live map of COVID-19 evidence
Electronic communication – such as email, text, video – are commonly used in childcare institutions. Employees are comfortable with such tools and report that there are many more benefits than drawbacks with electronic communication. There are clinical, practical, ethical and legal implications with electronic communication – most of which are positive. Benefits: Electronic communication in general is efficient, enhances productivity, offers qualitatively good communication and respects ...
ver más ... 2020There is uncertainty on the effectiveness of antiviral therapies for its use in patients with coronavirus.
Evidencias COVID-19
JBI COVID-19 Special Collection
The current evidence for the effectiveness of antiviral therapies for coronavirus is not conclusive and suffers from a lack of well-designed prospective trials or observational studies. None of the interventions examined in this review can be recommended for use in patients with coronavirus. Similarly, no firm recommendations can be made for or against these interventions from a safety perspective due to a lack of conclusive evidence. Some important safety signals potentially related to ...
ver más ... 2020It is recommended to put in practice control measures and general practice principles for the handling, laundering and storage of hospital laundry
Evidencias COVID-19
JBI COVID-19 Special Collection
• Hand hygiene should be performed before handling clean linen and after handling dirty linen. (Grade B) • All linen should be color coded according to the type of linen and clearly labelled. (Grade B) • Water soluble bags should be used for infectious linen. (Grade B) • Washing cycles should include a disinfection cycle. (Grade B) • Clean and dirty linen should be stored away from each other. (Grade B)
ver más ... 2020It is recommended to put in practice interventions to alleviate moral distress experienced by nurses working in critical care settings
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JBI COVID-19 Special Collection
• Nurses should receive training or engage in continuous professional development programs to develop moral resilience and relational skills that facilitate coping with moral distress. (Grade B) • Healthcare organizations should have structures (e.g. informational resources for staff, access to ethics consultants, educational opportunities for staff) and processes in place that support individual practitioners to develop moral resilience and address cases of moral distress. (Grade B) • ...
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