{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,30]],"date-time":"2025-05-30T22:44:16Z","timestamp":1748645056837},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"National Institute of Public Health NIH (National Research Institute)","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Przegl Epidemiol"],"abstract":"<p><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><br \/><strong>INTRODUCTION.<\/strong> At the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (A-BSM) actions have been undertaken to\u00a0effectively protect employees and minimise risk of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus spreading from the beginning of\u00a0the COVID-19 epidemic.<br \/><strong>AIM OF THE ARTICLE.<\/strong> The aim was to present the actions, instructions and procedures introduced at the\u00a0A-BSM to provide information how to deal with pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in institutions\u00a0taking care of cultural heritage before and after closure of the Museum for visitors and after reopening.<br \/><strong>MATERIALS AND METHODS.<\/strong> The described activities were developed at the Museum by a specially\u00a0established Expert Team.<br \/><strong>RESULTS.<\/strong> Groups of employees and places in which they were most exposed to contact with visitors and, as\u00a0a consequence, at the highest risk of getting infected, were characterised. The employees were provided with\u00a0personal protective equipment, and at the Museum site, devices essential for maintaining the microbiological\u00a0cleanliness of the rooms, were placed. In the next stage, instructions and procedures for particular groups of\u00a0employees were prepared. Visitors were educated about the need of taking precautions and were allowed to\u00a0disinfect in several places at the Memorial Site. Steps to reduce attendance at this time has also been taken.<br \/>Procedures for employees of the A-BSM were developed in such way that they can also be used after reopening\u00a0of the Museum for visitors.<br \/><strong>CONCLUSIONS.<\/strong> The actions which ensured the microbiological safety of the A-BSM employees, brought\u00a0satisfying results. In more than 21 days after closing of the Museum for visitors, no cases of SARS-CoV-2\u00a0infection or COVID-19 were found among employees, despite a very high threat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRESZCZENIE<\/strong><br \/><strong>WST\u0118P.<\/strong> Od pocz\u0105tku epidemii COVID-19 w Pa\u0144stwowym Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau (PMA-B) podejmowano\u00a0dzia\u0142ania maj\u0105ce na celu skuteczn\u0105 ochron\u0119 pracownik\u00f3w i zminimalizowanie ryzyka rozprzestrzeniania\u00a0si\u0119 koronawirusa SARS-CoV-2.<br \/><strong>CEL PRACY.<\/strong> Celem by\u0142o przedstawienie dzia\u0142a\u0144, instrukcji i procedur zastosowanych w PMA-B, aby przekaza\u0107\u00a0informacje, w jaki spos\u00f3b mo\u017cna post\u0119powa\u0107 w sytuacji pandemii wywo\u0142anej koronawirusem SARSCoV-2 w jednostkach dbaj\u0105cych o dziedzictwo kulturowe przed i po zamkni\u0119ciu Muzeum dla odwiedzaj\u0105cych\u00a0oraz po ponownym otwarciu.<br \/><strong>MATERIA\u0141Y I METODY.<\/strong> Opisane dzia\u0142ania by\u0142y opracowywane w Muzeum przez specjalnie powo\u0142any\u00a0Zesp\u00f3\u0142 Ekspert\u00f3w.<br \/><strong>WYNIKI.<\/strong> Scharakteryzowano grupy pracownik\u00f3w i miejsca, w kt\u00f3rych s\u0105 oni najbardziej nara\u017ceni na kontakt\u00a0z odwiedzaj\u0105cymi, a w konsekwencji obarczeni najwi\u0119kszym ryzykiem zaka\u017cenia. Zaopatrzono pracownik\u00f3w\u00a0w \u015brodki ochrony osobistej, a na terenie Muzeum umieszczono urz\u0105dzenia s\u0142u\u017c\u0105ce do utrzymania czysto\u015bci\u00a0mikrobiologicznej pomieszcze\u0144. Sporz\u0105dzono instrukcj\u0119 i procedury post\u0119powania dla poszczeg\u00f3lnych grup\u00a0pracownik\u00f3w. Odwiedzaj\u0105cych edukowano o konieczno\u015bci zachowania \u015brodk\u00f3w ostro\u017cno\u015bci i umo\u017cliwiono dezynfekcj\u0119\u00a0w kilku miejscach na terenie Miejsca Pami\u0119ci. Muzeum podj\u0119\u0142o r\u00f3wnie\u017c kroki w celu zmniejszenia\u00a0frekwencji w tym czasie. Procedury post\u0119powania dla pracownik\u00f3w PMAB zosta\u0142y opracowane w taki spos\u00f3b,\u00a0aby mo\u017cna by\u0142o je wykorzysta\u0107 r\u00f3wnie\u017c po przywr\u00f3ceniu ruchu odwiedzaj\u0105cych.<br \/><strong>WNIOSKI.<\/strong> Wdro\u017cone w PMA-B dzia\u0142ania, zapewniaj\u0105ce bezpiecze\u0144stwo mikrobiologiczne pracownik\u00f3w\u00a0przynios\u0142y bardzo dobre rezultaty, tj. po ponad 21 dniach od zamkni\u0119cia Muzeum dla odwiedzaj\u0105cych, nie\u00a0stwierdzono \u017cadnych przypadk\u00f3w zaka\u017cenia koronawirusem SARS-CoV-2 ani zachorowania na COVID-19,\u00a0mimo bardzo du\u017cego zagro\u017cenia.<\/p><\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.32394\/pe.74.23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,26]],"date-time":"2020-10-26T14:16:21Z","timestamp":1603721781000},"page":"303-315","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Prevention of SARS-COV-2 coronavirus spread at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland. 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