Infection prevention and surgery in the pandemic era.
COVID-19
environmental cleaning
hand hygiene
infection prevention and control
surgery
ventilation
Journal
Surgery (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
ISSN: 0263-9319
Titre abrégé: Surgery (Oxf)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8403005
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
2
11
2021
medline:
2
11
2021
entrez:
1
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on surgical specialties. COVID-19 carries a significant risk to the surgical patient and the healthcare workers looking after them, with an increased incidence of pulmonary complications and mortality in patients who test positive perioperatively. Appropriate infection prevention and control measures are critical to ensure appropriate care is given and to reduce the risk of onward transmission. This article will discuss the measures that have been instigated and contributed to infection control in surgery, such as testing, patient isolation, personal protective equipment and ventilation. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to healthcare workers across many specialities working together to provide essential clinical care. This collaborative approach is critical to maintain excellent infection prevention and control practices required during this pandemic, which protect patients and preserve surgical services.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34720324
doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2021.09.015
pii: S0263-9319(21)00203-9
pmc: PMC8541837
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
722-729Informations de copyright
© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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