Subject(s)

Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/standards , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Head and Neck Neoplasms/surgery , Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures/standards , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Surgical Oncology/standards , Aged , Betacoronavirus/genetics , Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/statistics & numerical data , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/transmission , False Negative Reactions , Female , Humans , Infection Control/instrumentation , Infection Control/standards , Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control , Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient/prevention & control , Italy/epidemiology , Male , Nasopharynx/surgery , Nasopharynx/virology , Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures/statistics & numerical data , Personal Protective Equipment/standards , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/transmission , Preoperative Care/instrumentation , Preoperative Care/standards , Preoperative Care/statistics & numerical data , RNA, Viral/isolation & purification , SARS-CoV-2 , Tertiary Care Centers/statistics & numerical data , Time-to-Treatment