Implementation and expansion of a preoperative COVID-19 testing process for pediatric surgical patients

Affiliations

¹ Division of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
² Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

Giuliana Geng-Ramos et al. Paediatr Anaesth. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;30(8):952-953.

doi: 10.1111/pan.13963.

¹ Division of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
² Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.

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