Developing perioperative Covid-19 testing protocols to restore surgical services.

Barbara C.S Hamilton; Johannes R Kratz; Julie Ann Sosa; Elizabeth C Wick

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Developing perioperative Covid-19 testing protocols to restore surgical services.

July 22, 2020

Hamilton BCS, Kratz JR, Sosa JA, et al. NEJM Catalyst. 2020;June 19 2020.

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This article describes one academic health center’s protocol to initiate universal preoperative screening and testing for COVID-19 as they began to restore nonurgent, essential surgical care.

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