Which will change in breast cancer screening after COVID-19 pandemia?

Breast cancer screening programs in increasing the survival rate and decreasing the mortality rate has been widely confirmed;medical system was not paralyzed due to Covid-19, but due to pandemia priority and breast cancer screening programs have been shut down, with a real impact on womens' health and quality of life. Pandemia gave us the opportunity to rearrange breast screening modality, with the possibility of use social media (f.e. Whatsapp or a dedicated app) to add, cancel of modify an appointment, virtual consultations with a breast radiologist and adding automatized breast ultrasound systems (ABUS) to FFDM (full-field digital mammography) or DBT (digital breast tomosynthesis). A new era of breast cancer screening could raise prevention programs also in low-adhesion population.

Effectiveness of a training program on knowledge and compliance with sanitary measures to prevent COVID-19 in a restaurant

The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a virtual training program in the knowledge and application of sanitary measures to prevent COVID-19 in a grill restaurant, Trujillo, 2021. The research design was pre-experimental, with pre-test and post-test of a single group. The restaurant was selected using a convenience sampling method. Information was collected from 18 workers of a grill restaurant in the city of Trujillo, over 18 years of age, who agreed to participate in the study. The data collection to determine the level of knowledge was carried out through a 20-question questionnaire;and to determine the application of preventive health measures for COVID-19, through on-site observations and using the COVID-19 surveillance checklist, both instruments designed based on the COVID-19 Operation Sanitary Protocol for restaurants. and related services in the salon care modality. The SPSS version 25 statistical program was used for data analysis. The results showed that the training program was effective and had a significant influence on improving the level of knowledge and the application of sanitary measures to prevent COVID-19 in the restaurant. © 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.