Occupational safety and health of health workers caring for patients during the Covid-19 pandemic: a literature review Saúde e segurança de profissionais de saúde no atendimento a pacientes no contexto da pandemia de Covid-19: revisão de literatura TT

Abstract Objective: to analyze the academic production on the occupational health of health workers serving patients during the COVID-19 pandemic Methods: a literature review including articles from 2020 indexed in PubMed, Web of Science and Biblioteca Virtual em Saude (Medline and Lilacs) Results: we analyzed 52 articles according to professional group studied, country were the research was conducted, type of study design and research theme We emphasized and discussed the most updated and relevant knowledge, questions and issues from the point of view of Collective Health, and Worker’s Health Over half of the papers were from China (55 7%) and studied different health professionals categories grouped (57 7%) The most frequent studies types were essays (46 1%) and cross-sectional studies (30 8%) The highlighted themes were the workers’ knowledge about the disease, Covid-19 cases among health workers, mental health, and occupational safety Conclusion: the studies published at the beginning of the pandemic highlight lack of updated knowledge and failures in protecting workers’ health, and recommend the management of work processes, workplaces, COVID-19 cases, public policies and workers’ rights