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Editorial
. 2021 Jan;221(1):49-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.07.009. Epub 2020 Jul 18.

COVID-19 testing processes and patient protections for resumption of elective surgery

Michael Schlosser  1 , Heather Signorelli  2 , William Gregg  2 , Kimberly Korwek  3 , Kenneth Sands  2
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Editorial

COVID-19 testing processes and patient protections for resumption of elective surgery

Michael Schlosser et al. Am J Surg. 2021 Jan.
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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.

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Surgical Algorithm for Universal Protection. Algorithm for pre-surgical SARS-CoV-2 testing according to risk of exposure.
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