Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience.
JCO Glob Oncol
; 6: 518-524, 2020 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-18719
ABSTRACT
Outbreaks of infectious etiology, particularly those caused by a novel virus that has no known treatment or vaccine, may result in the interruption of medical care provided to patients with cancer and put them at risk for undertreatment in addition to the risk of being exposed to infection, a life-threatening event among patients with cancer. This article describes the approach used to manage patients with cancer during a large-scale Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus hospital outbreak in Saudi Arabia to ensure continuity of care and minimize harm from treatment interruption or acquiring infection. The approach taken toward managing this high-risk situation (COVID-19) could be easily adopted by health care organizations and would be helpful to ensure readiness for the occurrence of future outbreaks of different infectious etiologies like those recent episodes of new coronavirus.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Continuity of Patient Care
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Betacoronavirus
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
JCO Glob Oncol
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Go.20.00063
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