Article ; Online: Rhinologic Procedures in the Era of COVID-19: Health-care Provider Protection Protocol.
American journal of rhinology & allergy
2020 Volume 34, Issue 4, Page(s) 451–455
Abstract: ... transmission to health-care providers from March 11, 2020 through April 14, 2020. The protocol consisted ... that may be used as a guide to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 infections among otolaryngology care teams ... of a series of protective measures that we applied to all health-care providers, then testing of our providers ...
| Abstract | Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has been identified as the pathogen causing the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. SARS-CoV-2 has human-to-human transmission ability and universally contagious to all populations. The main transmission patterns are respiratory droplets transmission and contact transmission. The purpose of this study is to propose a protocol that may be used as a guide to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 infections among otolaryngology care teams. Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted to show the efficacy of our protocol to prevent transmission to health-care providers from March 11, 2020 through April 14, 2020. The protocol consisted of a series of protective measures that we applied to all health-care providers, then testing of our providers for COVID-19 using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction along with immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) testing at the end of the study period to ensure effectiveness. Results: Our protocol resulted in zero transmissions to our health-care providers during the duration of the initial study. We were involved in greater than 150 sinonasal, skull base, open airway, and endoscopy procedures during this study. At the conclusion of the initial 5 weeks, we had no health-care providers test positive for SARS-CoV-2. Conclusion: According to our proposed protocol, we were able to provide care for all patients in clinic, hospital, emergent, intensive, and surgical settings with no transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by symptomatology and post evaluation testing. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Clinical Protocols ; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control ; Coronavirus Infections/transmission ; Health Personnel ; Humans ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission ; Prospective Studies ; SARS-CoV-2 |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-05-14 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2482804-X |
| ISSN | 1945-8932 ; 1945-8924 |
| ISSN (online) | 1945-8932 |
| ISSN | 1945-8924 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1945892420927178 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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