Infection prevention measures and outcomes for surgical patients during a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in a tertiary hospital in Daegu, South Korea.

All surgeries of the COVID-19-related patients were performed without specific adverse events or perioperative COVID-19 transmission. Our experience setting up a negative-pressure operating room and conservative perioperative protocol to prevent COVID-19 transmission will help plan and execute infection control measures in the future.