Hysteroscopy and COVID-19: Have recommended techniques changed due to the pandemic?
OBG Management. 2020 September;32(9):36-38, 40, 42 | DOI: 10.12788/obgm.0027
September 10, 2020|ObGyn
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Be cognizant to follow these recommendations for minimizing the risk of viral spread during hysteroscopic procedure
Recommendations: Office setting
Preprocedural recommendations
- Advise patients to come to the office alone. If the patient requires a companion, a maximum of one adult companion under the age of 60 should be accepted.
- Limit the number of health care team members present in the procedure room.
Intraprocedural recommendations
- Choose the appropriate device(s) that will allow for an effective and fast procedure.
- Use the recommended PPE for all clinicians.
- Limit the movement of staff members in and out of the procedure room.
Postprocedure recommendations
- When more than one case is scheduled to be performed in the same procedure room, allow enough time in between cases to grant a thorough OR decontamination.
- Allow for patients to recover from the procedure in the same room as the procedure took place in order to avoid potential contamination of multiple rooms.
- Expedite patient discharge.
- Follow up after the procedure by phone or telemedicine.
- Use standard endoscope disinfection procedures, as they are effective and should not be modified.
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