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- Title
ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on use of personal protective equipment and hazard mitigation in relation to SARS-CoV-2 for practitioners undertaking obstetric and gynecological ultrasound.
- Authors
Abramowicz, J. S.; Basseal, J. M.; Brezinka, C.; Dall'Asta, A.; Deng, J.; Harrison, G.; Lee, J. C. S.; Lim, A.; Maršal, K.; Miloro, P.; Poon, L. C.; Salvesen, K. Å.; Sande, R.; Haar, G.; Westerway, S. C.; Xie, M. X.; Lees, C.; Ter Haar, G
- Abstract
Endorsed by the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), the British Medical Ultrasound Society(BMUS), the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR), Sociedad Española de Ginecología y Obstetricia (SEGO) and Società Italiana di Ecografia Ostetrica e Ginecologica e Metodologie Biofisiche (SIEOG). Nonetheless, the rapid spread of the disease across countries and continents, as well as the evidence of existence of asymptomatic carriers[16], has led to circumstances in which all patients are to be considered at risk of infection and hence potential carriers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. When managing patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, or if there is widespr... To avoid infection through respiratory droplets, practitioners should don appropriate PPE, including a surgical mask, upon entering the ultrasound room. Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory infections in health care. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/112656/9789241507134 eng.pdf;jsessionid=403613D204AC57EDB11B41001DED8149?sequence=1 9 COVID-19 Guidance for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment data/file/874316/Infection prevention and control guidance for pandemic coronavirus.pdf 10 Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
- Subjects
PERSONAL protective equipment; HAZARD mitigation; COVID-19; NON-communicable diseases; MEDICAL personnel; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020, Vol 55, Issue 6, p886
- ISSN
0960-7692
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/uog.22035