• Ultrasound Med Biol · Feb 2021

    Chinese Expert Consensus on Protection for Ultrasound Healthcare Workers against COVID-19.

    • Yukun Luo, Jianjun Yuan, Minghui Liu, Nie Fang, Jiao Bai, Xiang Fei, Yujiao Deng, Tengfei Yu, Juan Mao, Haohui Zhu, Chuang Li, Qinghai Peng, Ming Zhang, Shi Zeng, Ganqiong Xu, Chengcheng Niu, Tiantian Dong, Wen He, and Jie Tang.
    • Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound, First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Haidian District, Beijing, China. Electronic address: lyk301@163.com.
    • Ultrasound Med Biol. 2021 Feb 1; 47 (2): 222-229.

    AbstractSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has caused a worldwide pandemic and poses a serious public health risk. It has been proven that lung ultrasound can be extremely valuable in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which could also minimize the number of exposed healthcare workers and equipment. Because healthcare workers in ultrasound departments are in close contact with patients who might be infected or virus carriers, it is extremely important that they be provided sufficient protection. Extremely aggressive protection should be avoided because it might lead to a lack of protection equipment for the hospital. Guidance on proper protection management should be provided in detail, for example, how to choose personal protective equipment, how to disinfect the environment. To address these problems, on behalf of the Chinese Ultrasound Doctors Association, Chinese PLA Professional Committee of Ultrasound in Medicine, Beijing Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Chinese Research Hospital Association Ultrasound Professional Committee, the authors have summarized the recommendations for effective protection according to existing hygienic standards, their experience and available literature. After the recommendations were completed, two online conferences were held on January 31, 2020 and February 7, 2020, at which the recommendations were discussed in detail. A modified version of the work was circulated and finally approved by all authors, and is the present Chinese Expert Consensus on Protection for Ultrasound Healthcare Workers against COVID-19.Copyright © 2020 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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