ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic broke out in 2019, it is highly contagious, and the infection rate among medical staff is high. The management of infection prevention and control during emergency surgery of COVID-19 patients has been outlined and the perioperative infection management checklist for emergency surgery of COVID-19 patients has been summarized and validated. There have been 13 emergency surgeries performed on COVID-19 patients at our hospital during this time. Two cases were cured and discharged, and the others were discharged after improvement and transferred to further rehabilitation, 30-day mortality of the emergency surgical is 0%. Once the emergency surgery protocol in the hospital is successfully established, emergency surgery can be performed as soon as the surgical planning decision is made, and the operating room can be prepared for use at any time. The incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) was largely higher than that of ordinary patients in the same time; however, the successful implementation of emergency surgery for COVID-19 had positive significance in reducing the incidence of death, risk of bleeding, and hypoxia. The current cumulative cure rate of COVID-19 in our hospital is 98%, patient mortality rate is 0%, and the incidence of COVID-19 infection in medical staff is 0%. The emergency surgical infection management checklist is feasible and effective in guiding the preoperative and intraoperative surgical procedures.
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COVID-19 , Checklist , Emergency Service, Hospital , Infection Control/standards , Surgical Procedures, Operative/standards , China , HumansABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the experience of perioperative prevention during double-lung transplantation for elderly patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS: Clinical data of 2 elderly patients with COVID-19 who underwent double-lung transplantation in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine in March 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Perioperative protective measures were introduced in terms of medical staffing, respiratory tract, pressure injuries, air in operating room, instruments and equipment, pathological specimens, and information management. RESULTS: Two cases of double-lung transplantation were successfully completed, and the patients had no operation-related complications. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator was successfully removed 2 to 4 days after surgery and the patients recovered well. There was no infection among medical staff. CONCLUSIONS: Adequate preoperative preparation, complete patient transfer procedures, proper placement of instruments and equipment, strengthening of intraoperative care management, and attention to prevention of pressure injury complications can maximize the safety of COVID-19 patients and medical staff.