Management of the Coronavirus Screening Center in Macaé: from implantation to results

Abstract

Cross-sectional study that aims to: describe the experience of the city of Macaé in implementing the Coronavirus Screening Center; describe the nurse's role in implementing the CTC; present the profile of COVID-19 in the municipality of Macaé. Conducted from the analysis of notifications from the Information System for the Epidemiological Surveillance of Influenza and e-SUS VE in the period between March and July 2020. The data were tabulated and analyzed with the statistical resources of Microsoft Excel and Tabwin. The main symptoms identified were cough and fever and the number of cases was higher in males. The predominant age was between 30 and 49 years. It is concluded that the CTC became a municipal reference in the reception and monitoring of cases of COVID-19 and that nursing had a fundamental role in the organization of this service, in addition to appearing as the main category notified from the consultations.