Expert consensus on neurosurgical department during the prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019

ABSTRACT

In 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke out in China. The strictest prevention and control measures had been performed because of its high infectivity and mortality rate. Although the number of confirmed cases has decreased, it has not been eliminated. Neurosurgical doctors and nurses are facing the dual pressure resulting from the prevention and control of neurosurgical disease and novel coronavirus infection. Faced with the severe situation, we should standardize the methods of medical treatment and nursing process, so as to reduce the incidence of nosocomial infection among patients and their families in the hospital, and the occupational exposure of medical workers. We wrote the consensus in conjunction with Neural Intensive Nursing and Rehabilitation Group and Cerebral Protection in Cardiac Intensive Care Group, which is belonging to Neural Regeneration and Repair Committee of Chinese Association of Research Hospitals, and also including Nursing and Rehabilitation Group, which is belonging to Health Management Professional Committee Cell Biology Society of Liaoning Province. We referred to domestic and foreign research results and threw out suggestions for patient's receiving, prevention and control guidance, perioperative nursing, ward disinfection to provide reference for neurosurgical personnel, patients and their families.