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Perpignan hospital: the SMIT, the Covid control tower

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SMIT for infectious and tropical diseases department. This sector of the Perpignan hospital has been at the heart of the fight against Covid for 18 months now. Epidemic vigilance, screening, patient care, updating of treatment protocols, collaboration with the medical world, vaccination campaigns … diving into the heart of the Covid control tower in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

These gestures, Adeline has been repeating them endlessly since March 2020. Open the airlock separating a patient’s room from the corridor, put on a plastic gown, adjust the cap, put on the mask … A time-consuming but essential routine. “We know all the brands, types of gowns or masks manufactured in the world”, would almost amuse the nurse manager of the Department of diseases …


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