CARE TRANSITION FOR LIVER TRANSPLANTED PATIENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objective: to submit the experience lived in the care transition for hospital discharge of patients undergoing liver transplantation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: an experience report on hospital discharge planning and care transition for patients undergoing liver transplantation at a teaching hospital. Results: after COVID-19 pandemic has been declared, several technological means were used to support self-care strategies at the time of the hospital-home transition, as well as remote care for patients focusing on doubts about the routine of care and treatments. In addition, new counterreferral strategies were structured, prioritizing safety and social isolation. Conclusion: the adjustments in care transition with the support of the technologies provided transplanted patients access to all the information that guides self-care. Likewise, they regulated the flow of the support network and the health network, decreasing the possibility for COVID-19 spread, infection and development.