SARS-CoV-2: Operating room management strategies and recommendations

Wen-Jun Zhang; Fei-Long Zou; Dong-Xia Hu; Hong-Liang Luo; Li-Dong Wu; Jia-Ling Hu

doi:10.3389/fmed.2022.933799

SARS-CoV-2: Operating room management strategies and recommendations

Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Sep 2:9:933799. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.933799. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Wen-Jun Zhang¹, Fei-Long Zou², Dong-Xia Hu¹, Hong-Liang Luo², Li-Dong Wu³, Jia-Ling Hu³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
² Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
³ Emergency Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.

Abstract

Since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in 2019, it has rapidly spread to the world, and the number of infections has gradually increased. The hospitalization rate of patients has also gradually increased, which poses a huge challenge to hospitals and medical staff for patients with SARS-CoV-2 requiring surgical treatment. Therefore, avoiding cross-infection in the operating room is an important protective work. The operating room is an important department of the hospital, scientific and reasonable management is particularly important. Therefore, we have put forward corresponding suggestions and strategies for preoperative preparation and evaluation of patients, intraoperative management, postoperative terminal management, and protection of medical staff, and hope that these measures can better prevent and control the infection of SARS-CoV-2 in the operating room.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; management; operating room; recommendations; strategies.