Endoscopy infection control strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic: experience from a tertiary cancer center in Brazil

CONCLUSIONS: In this pandemic scenario, all endoscopy services must prioritize the procedures that will be performed. It was possible to maintain some endoscopic procedures, including those meant to provide nutritional access, tissue diagnosis, and endoscopic resection. Person al protective equipment (PPE) seems effective in preventing transmission of COVID-19 from patients to digestive endoscopists. These measures can be useful in planning, even for pandemics in the future.
Source: Clinics - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research