THE ROLE OF BIOSAFETY IN PREVENTING TRANSMISSION OF SARS-COV-2

Abstract

This article is about demonstrating the importance of biosafety in the health field, especially among professionals in this area, as well as in hospitals, in laboratories and other health sectors, in the current context of the Covid-19 pandemic, a trigger by the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus. Nevertheless, its main objective is to demonstrate the role of biosafety in preventing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, since the adoption of security measures is the most effective way to contain contagion by the virus that causes Covid-19. In turn, the damage caused by the new coronavirus is expected to be minimized through biosafety practices. To this end, the content of the present study was collected through a literature review, which deals with articles taken from the research platforms: Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online) and LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences) ). In addition, the terms searched were defined based on the Health Sciences Descriptors (Decs), based on two search strategies: (i) Biosafety AND COVID-19; (ii) Biosafety AND coronavirus. After analyzing these indicators, it was realized that it is of paramount importance to provide a broad and objective view on biosafety in the field of health.