ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on safe performance of obstetric and gynecological scans and equipment cleaning in context of COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
⁵ Therapy Ultrasound, Division of Radiotherapy & Imaging, Joint Department of Physics, Royal Marsden Hospital, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Emeritus), Lund University, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁸ Ultrasound and Underwater Acoustics, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK.
⁹ Discipline of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney; and Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ School of Dentistry & Health Sciences, Charles Sturt University; and Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
¹² Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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L C Poon et al. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 May.

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. 2020 May;55(5):709-712.

doi: 10.1002/uog.22027.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
⁵ Therapy Ultrasound, Division of Radiotherapy & Imaging, Joint Department of Physics, Royal Marsden Hospital, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Emeritus), Lund University, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁸ Ultrasound and Underwater Acoustics, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK.
⁹ Discipline of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney; and Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ School of Dentistry & Health Sciences, Charles Sturt University; and Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
¹² Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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