Safety practices for in-office laryngology procedures during clinical reintroduction amidst COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe safety practices for performing in-office laryngology procedures during clinical re-introduction amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

An anonymous survey in Qualtrics was created to evaluate demographics, preprocedure testing, practice settings, anesthesia, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use for five procedure categories (non-mucosal-traversing injections, mucosal-traversing injections, endoscopy without suction, endoscopy with suction/mucosal intervention via working channel, and laser via working channel). The survey was emailed to the Fall Voice Community on Doc Matter and to members of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association (ABEA) from May to June 2020.

Results

Eighty-two respondents were analyzed (

SUBMITTER: Calcagno H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242633 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature