Hygiene in Dermatology: SARS-CoV-2 and Variants of Concern

ABSTRACT

Around the world the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impaired life and work. With the beginning of vaccinations, the hope of a turnaround increases. Nevertheless, COVID and intensive care units in hospitals are still heavily burdened. Often, for capacity reasons, medical dermatological as well as dermatological nursing specialists are involved in treatment and care of COVID-19 patients in clinics. As a result dermatological manifestations of COVID-19 could be recognized and classified more closely in the course of the pandemic. However, differentiated hygiene concepts, especially that of hand hygiene, reveal another dermatological problem associated with the pandemic the development of hand eczema. This is not limited to medical professions and therefore shows a possible overriding importance of dermatology in the context of future pandemic strategies.