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. 2020 Jul;90(7-8):1238-1241.
doi: 10.1111/ans.16117. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Victoria's perioperative response to the COVID-19 pandemic

David A Watters  1   2   3 , Wendy Brown  3   4   5 , Andrew Hardidge  6   7 ; Perioperative Expert Working Group; Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council; Victorian Surgical Directors Group
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Victoria's perioperative response to the COVID-19 pandemic

David A Watters et al. ANZ J Surg. 2020 Jul.
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Fig 1
Fig 1
Severe acute respiratory syndrome‐2 COVID‐19 new cases reported in Victoria from March to May 2020 (redrawn from https://www.covid19data.com.au/). In late March, new cases were doubling every 3–4 days; Victoria reported 100 cases on 19 March and had over 1000 cases on 2 April. The curve started to flatten thereafter. Further clustered outbreaks occurred in May. COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Organizational chart of Victorian response to COVID‐19 pandemic. The alignment between EWGs relates to how logistic support was provided during the response to the pandemic. CILT, Clinical Information Liaison Team; CLEG, Clinical Leadership Expert 7 Group; COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; EWG, expert working group; HSPLT, Health Service Pandemic Leadership Team; PMO, Project Management Office; PPE, personal protective equipment; SCV, Safer Care Victoria.
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