Resuming elective surgical services in times of COVID-19 infection
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Coimbra R
; Edwards S
; Coimbra BC
; Tabuenca A
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open
2020[]; 5
(1
): e000511
PMID34192158
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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.
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