COVID-19: Staying safe in the minimally invasive operating room

Gynecologic Surgeons Unscrubbed

On March 27, 2020, Dr. Cara King (@drcaraking) hosts Jonathan Dort, MD (@JonathanDort1), Vice Chairman for Education in the Department of Surgery; Program Director, General Surgery Residency; and Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery at Inova Medical Group, Falls Church, Virginia

They discuss:

• SAGES’ COVID-19 resources
• Assumptions being made about viral transmission during laparoscopic surgery
• Should surgical patients be tested pre-surgery for COVID-19?
• PPE for the surgical and anesthesia team in the operating room
• Reducing operating teams to required personnel
• Optimizing filtration systems
• Which surgical cases are nonessential
• Use of masks in the OR
• COVIDsurg: Conoravirus global collaboration on surgical experience with COVID-19
• Safety for residents and INOVA’s educational shift
• A new way of conducting grand rounds
• Working out virtual visit kinks for attendings and residents
• GME start date of July 1: Should it be pushed?

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Resources

SAGES COVID-19 resources

CDC Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Settings

Globalsurg.org/COVIDsurg

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This podcast is developed in collaboration with the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

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