Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: what the department of endoscopy should know

Italy recorded its first case of confirmed acute respiratory illness because of coronavirus on February 18, 2020, soon after the initial reports in China. Since that time, Italy and nations throughout the world have adopted very stringent and severe measures to protect populations from spread of inf...

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Autores principales: Repici, Alessandro, Maselli, Roberta, Colombo, Matteo, Gabbiadini, Roberto, Spadaccini, Marco, Anderloni, Andrea, Carrara, Silvia, Fugazza, Alessandro, Di Leo, Milena, Galtieri, Piera Alessia, Pellegatta, Gaia, Ferrara, Elisa Chiara, Azzolini, Elena, Lagioia, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32179106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.019
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Sumario:Italy recorded its first case of confirmed acute respiratory illness because of coronavirus on February 18, 2020, soon after the initial reports in China. Since that time, Italy and nations throughout the world have adopted very stringent and severe measures to protect populations from spread of infection. Despite these measures, the number of infected people is growing exponentially, with a significant number of patients developing acute respiratory insufficiency. Endoscopy departments face significant risk for diffusion of respiratory diseases that can be spread via an airborne route, including aspiration of oral and fecal material via endoscopes. The purpose of this article is to discuss the measures, with specific focus on personal protection equipment and dress code modalities, implemented in our hospital to prevent further dissemination of COVID-19 infection.

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