TY  - JOUR
TI  - The risks encountered by healthcare professionals in the global COVID-19 outbreak: the importance of protection
AB  - The Novel Coronavirus Desease (COVID-19), which started on the 31st of December 2019, withthe notification of cases of unknown pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, wasdeclared as a pandemic in order to increase the general protective measures in terms of itsspreading rate and its effect on human health, and entered the group of pandemic diseases inhistory. COVID-19 infected 25 million people in about 220 countries during this 8-month period,and it became the 21st century's most life-threatening epidemic, being responsible for the deathof 852.758 people (at the time of writing). The number of infected medical personnel in theCOVID-19 outbreak is unprecedented in modern history due to the high amount of data (10%)that only includes this 4-month period. Problems such as the healthcare professionals being atthe forefront of the fight against the epidemic, a lot of uncertainty at the beginning of theepidemic and the intense stress created by it, delay of measures to be taken, problems in theimplementation of these measures, intense working hours, lack of information and lack ofequipment are some of these risks. It is very important for healthcare professionals to protecttheir own health principally in order to fight this epidemic. This review has been prepared todraw attention to the risks faced by healthcare professionals in the COVID-19 outbreak, therepercussions of the infection, and to highlight the protection of healthcare professionals frominfection.
AU  - ÇELİK, Hakan
AU  - YÜRÜK BAL, EMEL
AU  - Cetinkaya, Senay
DO  - 10.20518/tjph.757207
PY  - 2020
JO  - Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Dergisi
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
SN  - 1304-1096
SP  - 66
EP  - 77
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/460714
ER  -