A atuação do Núcleo de Vigilância Epidemiológico Hospitalar durante a pandemia de Covid-19: relato de experiência

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic response mobilized the world's health systems and services. The organization and implementation of surveillance actions were considered non-pharmacological measures and essences to contribute to the organization of people's attention, but fundamentally to prevent the spread of contagion. Therefore, it was essential to involve all points of care, and the surveillance processes in the hospital environment are relevant. This article aims to describe and analyze the process of implementing the surveillance of COVID-19 at the Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria (HUSM) that took place in 2020. This is an experience report made by the resident Professional Residency Program of Health at the Federal University of Santa Maria at NVEH. Through the description of the preparation for the response, organization, implementation and monitoring of the surveillance actions COVID-19, the report answered the following questions: 1) How did the Surveillance Nucleus prepare to respond to the demands of the Covid pandemic19, in especially how the team's training processes were developed on the demands imposed by the pandemic; 2) What the information systems were and how they were implemented; 3) How the surveillance processes were organized with the other hospital teams, which made it possible to identify suspicious cases, investigate and confirm or discard, permanent education processes, testing flows and production of standards; 4) How the cases were monitored and investigated, as well as updated notification systems. The recording of the experience lived in the year 2020 made it possible to systematize and share the knowledge produced in practice and, therefore, has the potential to contribute to the daily work of other services. It is above all a tribute to the workers who make SUS happen and to the users who have lived through regrets, hopes and victories and are the center of everyone's work.