At Hospital da Luz Arrábida , we adopted all the procedures necessary for your surgery to be safe , before and during its performance. Before surgery, you will be subject to a prior assessment by the surgeon or anesthetist who will assess the risk associated with the proposed procedure and the risk related to your illnesses. Through this assessment, you can be offered to perform a SARS Cov-2 detection test by PCR within 48 hours prior to surgery, and the adoption of a set of preventive behaviors , which may range from individual protection strategies to prevent infection to preventive isolation, which aim to reduce the risk of acquiring infection in the days leading up to surgery. If the test is positive, your surgery will be postponed to a safer time . The objective is to avoid any invasive procedure that is not emergent in case of carrying the virus, because we know that in these conditions the results are substantially worse. Before the intervention, we will carry out the clinical and epidemiological survey , done previously by telephone and repeated on the day of admission. In the operating room, we guarantee all safety conditions. Air treatment is subject to special rules , which aim to reduce the risk of contamination by SARS Cov 2, while maintaining the usual safety conditions of the block, necessary to reduce the rate of infections associated with healthcare. Personal protective equipment has been adapted for the entire team . Airway manipulation is the most critical moment in terms of the possibility of contamination by the virus. At that time, only the anesthetic team will be inside the room. Intubation is performed with special physical barriers and the remaining surgical team will only enter after the time considered necessary for a complete renovation of the air. Surgeons have also modified their techniques, using procedures that reduce the possibility of aerosolization and thus the likelihood of air contamination. Hygiene is also very important here. The rooms are meticulously cleaned to eliminate any potential source of contamination between surgeries. During hospitalization , we also reinforce the periodicity of cleaning moments. Meals have safe circuits with regard to cooking, preservation and distribution. Although Hospital da Luz Arrábida is dedicated to providing healthcare to SARS Cov 2 negative patients, we maintained safety rules similar to those of hospitals dedicated to treating these patients. With these procedures, we are convinced that you will find in our hospital a safe place for your surgery and hospitalization. At Hospital da Luz Arrábida, we maintain the quality and excellence of care guaranteeing the safety of patients and all health professionals.
