RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Resuming elective surgical services in times of COVID-19 infection
JF Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
JO Trauma Surg Acute Care Open
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e000511
DO 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000511
VO 5
IS 1
A1 Raul Coimbra
A1 Sara Edwards
A1 Bruno Cammarota Coimbra
A1 Arnold Tabuenca
YR 2020
UL http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000511.abstract
AB The consequences of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus have been devastating to the healthcare system.As the positive effects of social distancing, mandatory masking, and societal lockdown on the spread of the disease and its incidence in the community were documented, societal and financial pressures mounted worldwide, prompting efforts to “re-open” countries, states, communities, businesses, and schools. The same happened with hospital, which had to start developing strategies to resume elective surgery activities. This manuscript describes the pre-requisites as well as the strategies for resuming surgical activity, be it in the outpatient or inpatient setting.