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Gastrointestinal tract endoscopy being an aerosol generating procedure increases
the risk to staff and uninfected patients from a coronavirus disease 2019
patient. Social and physical distancing through "lockdown" has suppressed the
spread of disease but will not eradicate it. Various endoscopy societies
formulated guidelines to triage the patients and limit the work to only emergency
and urgent cases and postpone "routine" endoscopies. Postlockdown infected vector
pool will persist till an effective vaccine is widely available. Nonurgent cases
cannot be postponed indefinitely. We need to identify infected symptomatic and
asymptomatic individuals and create a safe environment for uninfected patients.
Endoscopy staff protection through education, optimized manpower flow, and
personal protective equipment usage and hand hygiene needs urgent attention.
Proper environment sanitization, endoscope, and device reprocessing will remain
important.