The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Brazil has grown rapidly since the first case was reported on 26 February 2020. As the pandemic has spread, the low availability of medical equipment has increased, especially mechanical ventilators. The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) claimed to have only 40,508 mechanical ventilators, which would be insufficient to support the Brazilian population at the pandemic peak. This lack of ventilators, especially in public hospitals, required quick, assertive, and effective actions to minimize the health crisis. This work provides an overview of the rapid deployment of a network for maintaining disused mechanical ventilators in public and private healthcare units in some regions of Brazil during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Data referring to the processes of maintaining equipment, acquiring parts, and conducting national and international training were collected and analyzed. In total, 4047 ventilators were received by the maintenance sites, and 2516 ventilators were successfully repaired and returned to the healthcare units, which represents a success rate of 62.17%. The results show that the maintenance initiative directly impacted the availability and reliability of the equipment, allowing access to ventilators in the public and private health system and increasing the capacity of beds during the pandemic.

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SARS-CoV-2 大流行期间机械呼吸机维护的协作和结构化网络。


自 2020 年 2 月 26 日报告第一例病例以来，巴西的 SARS-CoV-2 大流行迅速蔓延。随着大流行的蔓延，医疗设备的可用性越来越低，特别是机械呼吸机。巴西统一卫生系统（SUS）声称只有40,508台机械呼吸机，不足以支持疫情高峰期的巴西人口。呼吸机的缺乏，特别是在公立医院，需要采取快速、果断和有效的行动来最大程度地减少健康危机。这项工作概述了 SARS-CoV-2 大流行期间巴西某些地区的公共和私人医疗机构中用于维护废弃机械呼吸机的网络的快速部署。收集并分析了有关维护设备、获取零件以及进行国内和国际培训的过程的数据。维修点共接收呼吸机4047台，成功修复并返回医疗单位2516台，成功率62.17%。结果表明，维护举措直接影响了设备的可用性和可靠性，允许公共和私人卫生系统使用呼吸机，并增加大流行期间的床位容量。