Introduction:

Cuba conceived an intersectoral work strategy to contain under the minimum risk, the introduction and dissemination of the new coronavirus; among them, the training of healthcare personnel for diagnosis and care.

Objective:

to describe the results of the training carried out at Camilo Torres Restrepo teaching polyclinic staff to deal with COVID - 19 pandemic.

Methods:

a descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study conducted at Camilo Torres Restrepo teaching polyclinic, Santiago de Cuba in the period between March and September 2020. The target group consisted of 798 people (553 workers and 245 students). The research was developed in three stages: socialization of the problem, organization of the training and implementation of training actions, active survey.

Results:

training was given by 23 professionals. The training of 96,8 % of the personnel to be trained was achieved. The lowest training percentages were achieved among vector personnel (86.3%) and medical interns (93,3 %). Of those trained, 1,8 % did not receive the session on biosafety. Of the healthcare personnel trained, 94,1 % were involved in the active survey. A total of 96,2 % of the population was screened, 74 suspected cases were detected (0,40 %) and only 2 patients were confirmed (0,01 %).

Conclusions:

the training allowed adequate results, with a high number of people trained and incorporated to the active survey, which was evidenced in the high levels of screened population and low numbers of suspects and positives.

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