Personal protection equipment management in non-healthcare workplaces as response to SARS-CoV-2 / Gestión de equipos de protección personal en los centros de trabajo no sanitarios ante el SARS-CoV-2

  • Fernando Mesta Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatía, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
  • María del Carmen López García IPM México

Resumen

Given the reopening of economic activities, after the health contingency due to SARS-CoV-2, the preventive role of occupational health is predominant in establishing programs and goals attached to processes.


Among the aspects that these programs must contemplate, is ensuring the availability and correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE), taking into account the new guidelines issued by the national health authority.


In this regard, the structured application of a PPE management cycle, which includes the selection, purchase, receipt-delivery, use, maintenance, and replacement of PPE, may be helpful. It is essential to guarantee the effective and efficient application of preventive measures against health contingency because in addition to putting the lives of workers at risk, it can also put the company's operational continuity at risk.

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Publicado
2020-12-09
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MESTA, Fernando; GARCÍA, María del Carmen López. Personal protection equipment management in non-healthcare workplaces as response to SARS-CoV-2 / Gestión de equipos de protección personal en los centros de trabajo no sanitarios ante el SARS-CoV-2. Red de Investigación en Salud en el Trabajo, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 5, p. 18-20, dic. 2020. ISSN 2594-0988. Disponible en: <https://rist.zaragoza.unam.mx/index.php/rist/article/view/240>. Fecha de acceso: 11 dic. 2024