PATIENT SAFETY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Coronavirus Infections; Patient Safety; Pandemics.
Introduction: The rapid international diffusion of SARS-CoV-2, originating from cases of severe pneumonia of unknown etiology, in December 2019, in the city of Wuhan, China, led the World Health Organization to declare, on March 11, 2020, international health emergency situation. COVID-19, with its high transmissibility, brought new challenges to health institutions. It required the redefinition of care flows and the creation of new protocols to offer safe and quality care. It is evident that the safety culture and the set of skills developed within the scope of Patient Safety are essential to a constantly changing environment. Objective: to analyze the actions taken to promote Patient Safety in the current COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: this is a systematic literature review, prepared according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), using the PICO, Patient, Intervention, Comparison and Outcomes (outcome) tool, whose acronym " P” referred to the current COVID-19 pandemic, “I” referred to actions that promote patient safety, “C” there was no comparison with other actions and “O” safe care. For the research, the descriptors "Coronavirus Infections", "Coronavirus Infections", "Patient Safety", "Patient Safety", "Patient Care Planning", "Patient Care Planning", "Pandemics", "Pandemia" were selected ” and the keyword “COVID-19”. And searched data sources Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane Library, Latin American and Caribbean Health Science Literature (LILACS), National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health (PubMed) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). As inclusion criteria, there are original articles, in full text, that address the theme, without language restrictions and/or time limitations and meet 60% of the criteria of the adapted version of SQUIRE 2.0. For the qualitative analysis, the adaptation of the SQUIRE 2.0 instrument will be used. The calculation of the Kappa index will precede the description of the results phase to identify the agreement between the evaluators.