Operating during the COVID-19 pandemic: How to reduce medical error

Our professional and private lives changed on March 11 2020 when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the WHO. By March 16, surgical training was suspended, MRCS and FRCS examinations cancelled and all courses postponed. In theory, essential cancer surgery, emergency an...

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Published in:British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery 2020-06, Vol.58 (5), p.577-580
Main Authors: Ellis, R., Hay-David, A.G.C., Brennan, P.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Dentistry
Human Factors
Humans
Medical Errors - prevention & control
Operating
Pandemic
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Surgeons
Surgical Procedures, Operative - standards
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Summary:Our professional and private lives changed on March 11 2020 when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the WHO. By March 16, surgical training was suspended, MRCS and FRCS examinations cancelled and all courses postponed. In theory, essential cancer surgery, emergency and trauma operating will continue. All elective, non-essential cases are currently cancelled. While we adapt to our new ways of working, we remind ourselves that surgeons are flexible, resilient and, ultimately, we are doctors in the first instance. We present a short article on operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISSN:0266-4356
1532-1940
DOI:10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.04.002