Freitas Bruna Hinnah Borges Martins de, Alves Mayrene Dias de Sousa Moreira, Gaíva Maria Aparecida Munhoz
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2020;73 Suppl 2:e20200467. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0467. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
to identify with the literature the measures to prevent and control neonatal infection by COVID-19.
a scope review carried out by searching for studies in databases and institutional health websites. The final sample was 25 articles.
among the main measures are the use of masks by suspected or infected people in contact with healthy newborns, hand hygiene before and after each care and feeding as well as the tools used for milking. It is indispensable to use personal protective equipment by health professionals in neonatology services to maintain a private room for infected newborns or to use physical barriers. Early diagnosis and timely case management is essential to reduce virus transmissibility.
the research contributed to elucidate health and nursing actions in preventing and controlling neonatal infection by COVID-19.
