• Chiu Philip Wai Yan PWY 0000-0001-9292-112X Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong., Siew C Ng, Haruhiro Inoue, D Nageshwar Reddy, Enqiang Ling Hu, Joo Young Cho, Lawrence Ky Ho, David G Hewett, Han-Mo Chiu, Rungsun Rerknimitr, Hsiu-Po Wang, Shiaw Hooi Ho, Dong Wan Seo, Khean-Lee Goh, Hisao Tajiri, Seigo Kitano, and Chan Francis K L FKL 0000-0001-7388-2436 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Di.
• Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
• Gut. 2020 Jun 1; 69 (6): 991-996.

AbstractCoronavirus-19 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become a global pandemic. Risk of transmission may occur during endoscopy and the goal is to prevent infection among healthcare professionals while providing essential services to patients. Asia was the first continent to have a COVID-19 outbreak, and this position statement of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy shares our successful experience in maintaining safe and high-quality endoscopy practice at a time when resources are limited. Sixteen experts from key societies of digestive endoscopy in Asia were invited to develop position statements, including patient triage and risk assessment before endoscopy, resource prioritisation and allocation, regular monitoring of personal protective equipment, infection control measures, protective device training and implementation of a strategy for stepwise resumption of endoscopy services after control of the COVID-19 outbreak.© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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