Endoscopy in Otorhinolaryngology During Corona Outbreak: A Proposal for Safe Practice.

Darwin Kaushal Nithin Prakasan NairKapil SoniAmit GoyalBikram ChoudhuryNikhil Rajan

Published in: Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2020)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a type of viral pneumonia that has paralysed the entire world both in terms of health and economy. It has been recently declared as a global pandemic. All the health care professionals must be aware of the disease entity and take precautionary measures to control its transmission from person to person, particularly in hospital settings. In this article, we propose essential steps that can be implemented at the departmental and institutional levels to do endoscopic diagnostic procedures effectively during COVID-19 outbreak and to break the transmission chain.

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