Contribuição do Laboratório Piloto de Química Industrial (LAPQ) para O Enfrentamento Da Pandemia Da Covid-19 No Ano De 2020

Abstract

Diseases are classified according to their level of spread. They can be classified as: Outbreak, Epidemic, Pandemic. The world has gone through several pandemics over time, including: Bubonic Plague, Russian Flu, Spanish Flu, H1N1, HIV. In December 2019, Covid-19, a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, was identified in Wuhan, China. Coronaviruses are single-stranded, spherical RNA viruses surrounded by a lipoprotein envelope. The World Health Organization declared on March 11, 2020, that Covid-19 is characterized as a pandemic. Covid-19 has symptoms that can range from a cold to an acute respiratory condition. Transmission happens when a sick person is in close contact with a healthy one. In order to reduce the spread of the virus, the search for personal hygiene and sanitizer products has grown to the point where demand in some places exceeds the supply. This work aimed to map and describe the actions developed by the Industrial Chemistry Pilot Laboratory/DEQ/UFPB in the production and distribution of personal hygiene and sanitizing products in the city of João Pessoa and nearby regions, during the Covid-19 pandemic, for institutional and household use. UFPB, together with CRQ, provided the necessary resources for the production and distribution of about 16,000 L of products. UFPB, through its Postgraduate Program in Anthropology, with the Covid-19 Anthropological Observatory project, in partnership with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), provided the necessary means for the production of almost 13,000 L of products. Carrying out the project allowed the students involved to come into contact with a small-scale industrial production, allowing them to have the opportunity to understand a little about the functioning of a pilot-scale industry.