Introduction.

The Coronavirus pandemic originating in 2019 was recognized as highly contagious and different infection prevention measures were defined.

Aims.

Was to assess its impact on acting health workers in operating rooms against nonsuspend surgical pathologies.

Settings and Design.

Prospective descriptive observational study with retrospective analysis in the surgical area from 1/July to 30/September/2020.

Methods and Material.

A CoVID-19 checklist was implemented in patients to be operated on, suspected or confirmed with criteria of the Nation's Ministry of Public Health.

Results.

582 people surgically intervened in the operating room area for the assistance of 80 CoVID-19 positive patients. 74% of the procedures were performed in unscheduled emergencies. No reports of infection/contagion of participants in the health care of positive patients according to the daily survey carried out by the Infectology Division.

Conclusions.

working in a coordinated manner with compliance, special protocols and adequate personal protection equipment manages defining the rules and procedures to certificate the non-contagiousness of workers in the care of CoVID-19 patients positive with surgical pathologies.

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