Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: what the department of endoscopy should know

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 192-197

  Repici, Alessandro ^a,b   Maselli, Roberta ^a   Colombo, Matteo ^a,b   Gabbiadini, Roberto ^a,b   Spadaccini, Marco ^a,b   Anderloni, Andrea ^a   Carrara, Silvia ^a   Fugazza, Alessandro ^a   Di Leo, Milena ^a,b   Galtieri, Piera Alessia ^a   Pellegatta, Gaia ^a   Ferrara, Elisa Chiara ^a   Azzolini, Elena ^a   Lagioia, Michele ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DECONTAMINATION; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; PANDEMIC; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PANDEMICS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85082406228     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.019     Document Type: Article

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