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. 2020 Oct;115(4):776-799.
doi: 10.36660/abc.20201004.

Statement - Protocol for the Reconnection of Cardiology Services with Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic - 2020

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Marcio Sommer Bittencourt  1 , Giuliano Generoso  2 , Pedro Henrique M Craveiro de Melo  2 , Driele Peixoto  3 , Érique José Farias Peixoto de Miranda  4 , Evandro Tinoco Mesquita  5   6 , Andréa Araujo Brandão  7 , José Francisco Kerr Saraiva  8 , Silvio Henrique Barberato  9 , Fernando Bacal  10   11 , Marcelo Antônio Cartaxo Queiroga Lopes  12
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Statement - Protocol for the Reconnection of Cardiology Services with Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic - 2020

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Marcio Sommer Bittencourt et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020 Oct.
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Figura 1
Figura 1. Orientações de EPI de acordo com os níveis de risco. Para o Nível 2, os óculos de proteção podem ser substituídos por protetor facial. No Nível 3, o protetor facial é obrigatório e não pode ser substituído por óculos de proteção. Fonte adaptada: GVIMS/GGTES/ANVISA.
Figura 2
Figura 2. Pirâmide de risco ocupacional para COVID-19 (adaptada de Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA).
Figura 3
Figura 3. Fluxograma de conduta para procedimentos eletivos de cardiologia intervencionista e eletrofisiologia de acordo com a presença e ausência do exame de RT-PCR para SARS-CoV-2.
Figure 1
Figure 1. Guidance on PPE according to the risk levels. For level 2, goggles can be replaced with face shield. At level 3, the face shield is mandatory and cannot be replaced by goggles. Adapted from GVIMS/GGTES/ANVISA.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Pyramid of occupational risk for COVID-19 (adapted from Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA).
Figure 3
Figure 3. Flowchart for managing elective procedures of interventional cardiology and electrophysiology according to SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing availability.
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