Facing COVID-19 in Ophthalmology Department

Purpose: To provide useful guidelines, targeted at ophthalmology professionals, to minimize COVID-19 infection of both health-care workers and patients.Methods: In this review we present updated literature merged with our experience from hospitals in Bergamo, the epicenter of the COVID-19 European outbreak.Results: Non-pharmaceutical interventions, hygienic recommendations and personal protective equipment to contain viral spread as well as a suggested risk assessment for postponement of non-urgent cases should be applied in ophthalmologist activity. A triage for ophthalmic outpatient clinic is mandatory.Conclusion: Ophthalmology practice should be reorganized in order to face COVID-19.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Curr Eye Res. 2020 Jun;45(6):757-758. - PMID 32396747

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

Current eye research - 45(2020), 6 vom: 10. Juni, Seite 653-658

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Romano, Mario R [VerfasserIn]
Montericcio, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Montalbano, Clara [VerfasserIn]
Raimondi, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Allegrini, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Ricciardelli, Gabriella [VerfasserIn]
Angi, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Pagano, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Romano, Vito [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
Guidelines
Journal Article
NPI
Ophthalmology
Review
Transmission

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Date Completed 22.05.2020

Date Revised 10.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Curr Eye Res. 2020 Jun;45(6):757-758. - PMID 32396747

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/02713683.2020.1752737

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM30839271X