Infection and mortality of nursing personnel in Brazil from COVID-19: A cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND: Health care personnel (HCP) worldwide are at-risk for contracting the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Among health care personnel, nurses are at a particularly high risk due to the physical proximity and duration of time spent providing direct care. Documenting accurate rates of COVID-19 infection and deaths among nurses worldwide has been problematic, and many countries such as the USA have no systematic mechanism for collecting this information. Brazil is unique in that it prioritized the implementation of a dedicated database, the Nursing Observatory to collect accurate and timely data regarding COVID-19 and Brazilian nursing personnel. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze COVID-19 infections and deaths among nurses registered in the centralized and dedicated Brazilian database called the Nursing Observatory. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study using secondary data from the Brazilian Nursing Observatory was conducted. PARTICIPANTS: Data are reported for two occupational categories: professional Nurse and technical nurse by country regions. All cases or deaths of professional Nurse and technical nurse registered between the 12th and 31st epidemiological weeks of 2020 were included. METHODS: From a unique numerical identification, the appropriate records of nursing personnel affected by COVID-19 were entered by the Technical Responsible Nurse for each service, according to the condition regarding COVID-19. All suspected, confirmed or unconfirmed infections were considered "cases", and all confirmed or unconfirmed deceased as "deaths". Cases and deaths were analyzed according to the variables: 1. region of the country where the case occurred, 2. nursing category and 3. epidemiological week. Universal protocols for collecting and cleaning data were used throughout the country. Infection and mortality rates (per 100,000) were obtained from the relationship between deaths registered and the population of nursing personnel by category and region. RESULTS: Nursing personnel in the Northern, Northeast and Southeast Regions of Brazil had the highest number of COVID-19 infections and deaths overall with an ascending curve occurring mainly after Epidemiological Week 19. COVID-19 infections and deaths spread later to the Midwest and Southern regions also showing an ascending curve, although the total numbers were less. CONCLUSIONS: All occupational categories of nursing personnel showed higher than expected rates of infection and death. Inequalities and a lack of adequate healthcare resources, hospital beds and Personal Protective Equipment varied by region in Brazil. The politicization of COVID-19 and the lack of a coherent national pandemic plan is a factor to be taken into account. Tweetable abstract: This cross-sectional study shows the evolution of cases and deaths of Brazilian nursing personnel over the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revolta da Vacina: leitura iconográfica da capa da Revista da Semana (1904) / La Revuelta de la Vacuna: la lectura iconográfica de la portada de la Revista da Semana (1904) / Vaccine Revolt: iconographic reading of the cover of Revista da Semana (1904)

Objetivo: Analisar os elementos simbólicos na capa da Revista da Semana de 1904 sobre a Revolta da Vacina como meio de leitura imagética de um movimento social e sanitário. Método: Trata-se de uma pesquisa documental que utilizou como abordagem as primeiras fases de análise das noções de Erwin Panofsky, pré-iconográfica e iconográfica. Resultados: A Revolta da Vacina retratada na capa da Revista da Semana de outubro de 1904 mostra a imposição do governo de medidas sanitárias e da participação popular na luta contra essas propostas abusivas e verticais com o discurso de prevenção de risco. Conclusão: Com esse estudo, foi possível fazer um aprofundamento acerca de dois personagens que são representantes opostos dentro de uma sociedade marcada por determinantes, disparidades sociais e com políticas que não favoreciam a realidade econômica e sanitária vivenciada; e também retratava a relação de poder vigente na época em que foram implementadas medidas que culminaram no movimento da Revolta da Vacina

Objetivo: Analizar los elementos simbólicos en la portada de la Revista da Semana 1904 en la Revuelta de la Vacuna como medio de lectura de imágenes de un movimiento social y de la salud. Método: Se trata de una investigación documental que utiliza para acercarse a las primeras etapas del análisis de los conceptos de Erwin Panofsky, pre-iconográfico e iconográfico. Resultados: La Revuelta de la Vacuna representada en la portada de la revista Semana de Octubre 1904 muestra la imposición por parte del gobierno de las medidas sanitarias y la participación popular en la lucha contra estas propuestas abusivas y verticales con la imposición de la prevención de riesgos. Conclusión: En este estudio, se realizó un análisis en profundidad alrededor de dos personajes que son representantes opuestos dentro de una sociedad marcada por las desigualdades, y las políticas sociales decisivas que no contemplan la realidad económica y la de la salud como experiencia; y también estableciendo la relación de las tendencias del momento se llevaron a cabo las medidas que dieron como resultado el denominado: "movimiento de la Revuelta de la Vacuna o Rebelión de la Vacuna"

Objective: Analyze the symbolic elements on the cover of the 1904 of Revista da Semana on Vaccine Revolt as a means of imaging a social and sanitary movement. Method: This is a documental research that has utilized as a subject the preliminary phases of Erwin Panofsky's notions, pre iconographic and iconographic. Results: The vaccine's uprising portrayed on the cover of the magazine of the week of 1904 shows the imposition of sanitary measures by the government and the popular participation in the struggle against these abusive and vertical proposals with the risk prevention's speech. Conclusion: With this study it was possible to do a deepening about two characters who are opposite representatives in a society marked by determinants, social disparateness and politics that didn't assist the health and economical reality. And it also portrayed the power relationship in force at the time steps that culminated in the movement of Vaccine Revolt were implemented

Perfil de internações e prevalência de condições sensíveis à atenção primária em hospital universitário / Profile of hospitalizations and prevalence of conditions sensitive to primary care in a university hospital

Objetivo: descrever o perfil das internações e a prevalência de condições sensíveis à atenção primária no setor de clínica médica. Métodos: estudo exploratório transversal com 197 sujeitos internados há mais de 24 horas. A coleta de dados ocorreu com entrevistas e coleta de prontuário de pacientes hospitalizados no setor. A análise foi estatística descritiva. Resultados: observou-se predomínio de internações de adultos, do sexo feminino, negros, com estudo entre quatro e 12 anos, de classe C e residentes da zona urbana. A prevalência de internações por condições sensíveis foi de 20,8% (Intervalo de Confiança de 95,0%:15,7/27,1). As doenças do aparelho respiratório, pele e tecido celular subcutâneo apresentaram prevalências superiores à estimativa geral de internações por condições sensíveis à Atenção Primária. Conclusão: as internações ocorreram, predominantemente, em adultos de classe média e com até 12 anos de estudo. As internações por condições sensíveis foram elevadas, sobretudo por doenças do aparelho circulatório, respiratório, digestivo e geniturinário. (AU)