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J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Mar 29. pii: S1053-0770(20)30284-6. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.03.035. [Epub ahead of print]
Anesthesia Management and Perioperative Infection Control in Patients With the Novel Coronavirus.
Li W[SUP]1[/SUP], Huang J[SUP]2[/SUP], Guo X[SUP]3[/SUP], Zhao J[SUP]4[/SUP], Mandell MS[SUP]5[/SUP].
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Abstract
Anesthesiologists have a high risk of infection with COVID-19 during perioperative care and as first responders to airway emergencies. The potential of becoming infected can be reduced by a systematic and integrated approach that assesses infection risk. The latter leads to an acceptable choice of materials and techniques for personal protection and prevention of cross-contamination to other patients and staff. The authors have presented a protocolized approach that uses diagnostic criteria to clearly define benchmarks from the medical history along with clinical symptoms and laboratory tests. Patients can then be rapidly assigned into 1 of 3 risk categories that direct the choice of protective materials and/or techniques. Each hospital can adapt this approach to develop a system that fits its individual resources. Educating medical staff about the proper use of high-risk areas for containment serves to protect staff and patients.
Copyright ? 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; anesthesia; infection; safety
PMID:32279934DOI:10.1053/j.jvca.2020.03.035
Anesthesia Management and Perioperative Infection Control in Patients With the Novel Coronavirus.
Li W[SUP]1[/SUP], Huang J[SUP]2[/SUP], Guo X[SUP]3[/SUP], Zhao J[SUP]4[/SUP], Mandell MS[SUP]5[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Anesthesiologists have a high risk of infection with COVID-19 during perioperative care and as first responders to airway emergencies. The potential of becoming infected can be reduced by a systematic and integrated approach that assesses infection risk. The latter leads to an acceptable choice of materials and techniques for personal protection and prevention of cross-contamination to other patients and staff. The authors have presented a protocolized approach that uses diagnostic criteria to clearly define benchmarks from the medical history along with clinical symptoms and laboratory tests. Patients can then be rapidly assigned into 1 of 3 risk categories that direct the choice of protective materials and/or techniques. Each hospital can adapt this approach to develop a system that fits its individual resources. Educating medical staff about the proper use of high-risk areas for containment serves to protect staff and patients.
Copyright ? 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; anesthesia; infection; safety
PMID:32279934DOI:10.1053/j.jvca.2020.03.035