АСПЕКТИ НА БЕЗОПАСНОСТТА В ПРАКТИКИТЕ НА ОПЛ ПО ВРЕМЕ НА COVID-19.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on both pre-hospital and in-hospital care. General practitioners (GPs) are the basis of prehospital medical care. During the pandemic, a number of vulnerabilities were identified in the structure and organization of practices' activities that could have impact resulting in increased risk of patient contamination. The objective of this publication is to present part of the first results of a survey of patient opinion regarding the safety of the medical care received during the pandemic from GPs in the Plovdiv region. Material and methods: Presented are the results of a study conducted during October 2021-February 2022 among 60 patients (40 with complaints close to the symptoms of COVID-19 and 20 with other complaints) regarding the impact of the available at the beginning of the pandemic practices' medical infrastructure and the organization of the diagnostic-treatment process by the GP for assuring the patient safety. Results and discussion: The opinion of patients regarding ensuring their safety in GP practices is summarized in the analysis of the answers received from the respondents to the ten-questions questionnaire. The existing infrastructure of the buildings in which GP practices are deployed is reported as a vulnerability, increasing the risk of contamination of patients seeking medical care and in need of optimization in accordance with the accumulated experience. The organization of admission and the diagnostic-treatment process in GP practices. As well as the coordination between the structures of pre-hospital and hospital units are reported as resilient to the challenges of the biological damaging factor and is evaluated as a factor guaranteeing the safety of patients. The organization of sanitary transport has been identified as the most significant vulnerability, which also needs optimization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]