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<journal-id>1726-8958</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica La Paz]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Méd. La Paz]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1726-8958</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Médico de La Paz]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1726-89582022000100075</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[TIEMPO DE AISLAMIENTO Y PERIODO INFECCIOSO EN PACIENTES CON COVID 19 HOSPITALIZADOS]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ISOLATION TIME AND INFECTIOUS PERIOD IN HOSPITALIZED COVID 19 PATIENTS]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cabrera Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guiselle Carol]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Choque Vargas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván Freddy]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Urquizo Ayala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Clínicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>75</fpage>
<lpage>82</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1726-89582022000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1726-89582022000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1726-89582022000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN: Se revisan las recomendaciones actuales de aislamiento y los criterios que se deben conocer para considerar a los pacientes que cursan con COVID, como potencialmente contagiosos. Se debe continuar utilizando las tasas de transmisión y seguir las recomendaciones de control y prevención de infecciones de los CDC para entornos de atención médica. El aislamiento ayuda a prevenir la transmisión del virus al separar a las personas infectadas con el virus de las que no lo están. Es básico por lo tanto discriminar esas situaciones clínicas y tener claros los criterios laboratoriales para tomar decisiones respecto al tiempo de aislamiento de los pacientes. Considerando la exposición del personal de salud y los pacientes hospitalizados se concluye que no necesaria la cuarentena para los asintomáticos que están al día con todas las dosis recomendadas de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 o que se han recuperado de la infección por SARS-CoV-2 en los 90 días anteriores, las posibles excepciones y el grupo de pacientes que deben someterse a pruebas, se describen en el desarrollo de este artículo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT: It reviews the current isolation recommendations and the criteria that must be known to consider patients who are with COVID, as potentially contagious. Transmission rates should continue to be used and CDC infection prevention and control recommendations for health care settings should be followed. Isolation helps prevent transmission of the virus by separating people infected with the virus from those who are not. It is therefore essential to discriminate these clinical situations and to be clear about the laboratory criteria to make decisions regarding the isolation time of patients. Considering the exposure of health personnel and hospitalized patients; it is concluded that quarantine is not necessary for asymptomatic patients who are up to date with all recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccine or who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection in the previous 90 days, possible exceptions and the group of patients to be tested, are described in the development of this article.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nosocomial transmission]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[isolation]]></kwd>
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