Endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: An overview of infection control measures and practical application

作     者：Margaret Teng Si Ying Tang Calvin Jianyi Koh 

作者机构：Gastroenterology and HepatologyNational University HospitalSingapore 119228Singapore Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyNational University Health SystemSingapore 119074Singapore 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy》 (世界胃肠内镜杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第12卷第9期

页      面：256-265页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Coronavirus Endoscopy Infection control Personal protective equipment Guidelines Gastroenterology 

摘      要：The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)has resulted in coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)which has affected more than 4.5 million people in 213 countries,and has been declared a pandemic by World Health Organization on March 11,*** transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to occur primarily through direct contact or *** have also been reports that SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in biopsy and stool specimens,and it has been postulated that there is potential for fecal–oral transmission as *** symptoms have been reported in 17.6%of COVID-19 patients and transmission can potentially occur through gastrointestinal secretions in this group of ***,transmission can also occur in asymptomatic carriers or patients with viral shedding during the incubation *** procedures hence may pose significant risks of transmission(even for those not directly involving confirmed COVID-19 cases)as endoscopists and endoscopy staff are in close contact with patients during these aerosol generating *** could result in inadvertent transmission of infection at time of endoscopy.