Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on an interdisciplinary endoscopy unit in a German "hotspot" area: a single center experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background and study aims

Since December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pathogen of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has posed a pandemic threat to global health and has challenged health care system in all affected countries.

Patients and methods

This is a combined study including a descriptive part about the changes in the daily work routine of an Interdisciplinary Endoscopic Unit (IEU) and a prospective analysis of patients tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 who required endoscopic interventions. Conclusively, we present the finding of a point-prevalence analysis in the staff of the IEU.

Results

We present effects of the COVID-19-related restructuring of processes in our interdisciplinary endoscopy unit (IEU) w

SUBMITTER: Wichmann D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605334 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature