Management of coping with the risks of COVID-19 in an onco-hematological outpatient clinic: an experience report.

Monteiro, Debora Esteves; Fialho, Isabelle Cristine Tavares Silva; Passos, Patrícia Martins; Fuly, Patrícia Dos Santos Claro

OBJECTIVE to describe the experience of a private outpatient network for hematology and oncology treatment in the adoption of management tools to face the risk of contamination by SARS-CoV-2. METHOD an experience report on the use of a root cause analysis method to identify potential risks of contamination by COVID-19 among patients and employees. Through the risks identified through the Ishikawa Diagram, we built an action plan, linked to the 5W2H tool, for planning and decision-making implemented. RESULTS the number of attendances in person and people circulating in the units was reduced, protective distance measures and new protection barriers were fundamental to control the risks of spreading COVID-19 in patients and employees. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS the management tools served as a valuable tool in the construction of measures, making the measures in question more clearly and applicable.