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cord-323489-ro7kbnu3	Arenas, María Dolores	Protection of nephrology health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-10-06		.txt	text/plain	4137	194	50	There are a number of reasons why the protection of healthcare professionals has to be one of the main objectives in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: 1) They are necessary to guarantee the continuity of care; 2) They have a high risk of contagion due to their front-line exposure to infected patients; and 3) They may act as transmission vehicles in their day-to-day work to patients, other colleagues, and members of their families and the community. a Special care or protective measures for medical, nursing and auxiliary staff who work daily with haemodialysis patients As has previously been described in other publications 3,10 , the main protection measures for healthcare professionals and patients in haemodialysis units are: 1) adequate information for patients attending the centre in terms of maintaining a safe distance from fellow patients in waiting rooms and ambulances, and in the use of surgical masks and frequent hand washing; 2) early detection of patients suspected to be infected on arrival at the unit (questionnaires about symptoms or close contacts, taking temperature), and if highly suspect, taking a nasopharyngeal swab for PCR testing.	./cache/cord-323489-ro7kbnu3.txt	./txt/cord-323489-ro7kbnu3.txt