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Comment
. 2020 Aug;92(2):435-439.
doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.3848. Epub 2020 Mar 29.

COVID-19 in endoscopy: Time to do more?

Christopher C Thompson  1 , Lin Shen  1 , Linda S Lee  1
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COVID-19 in endoscopy: Time to do more?

Christopher C Thompson et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Aug.
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Figure 1
COVID-19 endoscopy unit standard operating procedure.
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Figure 2
Three pillars of endoscopy SOP in COVID-19: triage, distancing, PPE. Constant assessment, adjustment, and reassessment (arrows) critical to real-time modification of SOP based on changing circumstances. See Figure 1 for details of each component.
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  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: what the department of endoscopy should know.
    Repici A, Maselli R, Colombo M, Gabbiadini R, Spadaccini M, Anderloni A, Carrara S, Fugazza A, Di Leo M, Galtieri PA, Pellegatta G, Ferrara EC, Azzolini E, Lagioia M. Repici A, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Jul;92(1):192-197. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.03.019. Epub 2020 Mar 14. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020. PMID: 32179106 Free PMC article.

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