Abstract
Since December 2019, a novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has occurred in China and has spread around the world rapidly. As an acute respiratory infectious disease, COVID-19 has been included in type B infectious diseases and managed according to the standard of type A infectious disease in China. Given the high risk of COVID-19 infection during endoscopic procedures via an airborne route, the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy issued a series of recommendations to guide the endoscopy works in China during the pandemic. To the best of our knowledge, no new infectious case of COVID-19 resulting from endoscopic procedures has been reported in China to date. Here, these recommendations are integrated to provide guidance about the prevention of COVID-19 for endoscopists. The recommendations include advice about postponing non-urgent endoscopies, excluding the possibility of COVID-19 in patients undergoing endoscopy, protection of medical staff from coronavirus infection, and cleaning of endoscopy centres.
Keywords:
Endoscopy; colonoscopy; endoscopic ultrasound; epidemiology; surgery.
MeSH terms
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Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
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Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity
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COVID-19
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COVID-19 Testing
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China / epidemiology
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques / standards
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Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
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Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
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Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
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Coronavirus Infections / transmission
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Coronavirus Infections / virology
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Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / instrumentation
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Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / standards*
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Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
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Gastroenterology / methods
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Gastroenterology / standards
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Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis
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Gastrointestinal Diseases / therapy
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Health Personnel / standards
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Humans
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Infection Control / instrumentation
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Infection Control / organization & administration*
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Infection Control / standards
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / prevention & control
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Operating Rooms / standards
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Pandemics / prevention & control*
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Personal Protective Equipment / standards*
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Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
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Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
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Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
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Pneumonia, Viral / virology
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Practice Guidelines as Topic*
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Preoperative Care / standards
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SARS-CoV-2
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Societies, Medical / standards