Endoscopy Units and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak: A Multicenter Experience From Italy

Alessandro Repici, Fabio Pace, Roberto Gabbiadini, Matteo Colombo, Cesare Hassan, Marco Dinelli, Roberta Maselli, Marco Spadaccini, Massimiliano Mutignani, Armando Gabbrielli, Clementina Signorelli, Cristiano Spada, Cristiano Spada, Piera Leoni, Paola Leoni, Carlo Fabbri, Sergio Segato, Nicola Gaffuri, Benedetto Mangiavillano, Franco RadaelliRaffaele Salerno, Stefano Bargiggia, Luca Maroni, Antonio Benedetti, Pietro Occhipinti, Federico De Grazia, Luca Ferraris, Gianpaolo Cengia, Salvatore Greco, Sara Greco, Costanza Alvisi, Antonella Scarcelli, Luca De Luca, Fabrizio Cereatti, Pier Alberto Testoni, Roberto Mingotto, Giovanni Aragona, Gianpiero Manes, Paolo Beretta, Georgios Amvrosiadis, Vincenzo Cennamo, Fausto Lella, Guido Missale, Pavlos Lagoussis, Omero Triossi, Mauro Giovanardi, Mattia Giovanardi, Giuseppe De Roberto, Paolo Cantù, Elisabetta Buscarini, Andrea Anderloni, Silvia Carrara, Alessandro Fugazza, Piera Alessia Galtieri, Gaia Pellegatta, Giulio Antonelli, Thomas Rösch, Prateek Sharma

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo in rivistaArticolo in rivista

Abstract

Up to 20% of health care personnel (HCP) were found to be infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)1 in the outbreak in northern Italy.2 Recommendations on patient and HCP protection have been made, such as postponing procedures, triage, use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and creation of differentiated in-hospital pathways.3,4 However, several barriers against the adoption of these strategies exist, including cultural factors and shortages of medical resources; therefore, there are few reports of real-world experiences and outcomes with their adoption.5 The aim of this survey was to investigate the burden of COVID-19 on endoscopic activity in a high-risk area of COVID-19 outbreak, approaches to evaluating patients, adoption and compliance of HCP with protective measures, and initial possible viral transmission outcomes from endoscopy units within a large, community-based setting (both between patients and HCP and between HCP).
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)363-366
Numero di pagine4
RivistaGastroenterology
Volume159
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2020

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus
  • Endoscopy
  • Pandemic
  • Survery

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