Considerations in performing endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 176-183

  Soetikno, Roy ^a   Teoh, Anthony Y B ^b   Kaltenbach, Tonya ^a,c   Lau, James Y W ^b   Asokkumar, Ravishankar ^d,e   Cabral Prodigalidad, Patricia ^f   Shergill, Amandeep ^a,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro   (Spain)

^f Institute of Urology   (Philippines)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AEROSOL; AEROSOL GENERATING PROCEDURE; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EYE PROTECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MANAGED CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANDEMIC; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPIRATORY CARE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SURFACE AREA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOSCOPY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

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

EID: 85085195271     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.3758     Document Type: Article

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