ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on use of personal protective equipment and hazard mitigation in relation to SARS-CoV-2 for practitioners undertaking obstetric and gynecological ultrasound

J S Abramowicz; J M Basseal; C Brezinka; A Dall'Asta; J Deng; G Harrison; J C S Lee; A Lim; K Maršal; P Miloro; L C Poon; K Å Salvesen; R Sande; G Ter Haar; S C Westerway; M X Xie; C Lees

doi:10.1002/uog.22035

ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on use of personal protective equipment and hazard mitigation in relation to SARS-CoV-2 for practitioners undertaking obstetric and gynecological ultrasound

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jun;55(6):886-891. doi: 10.1002/uog.22035.

Authors

J S Abramowicz¹, J M Basseal², C Brezinka³, A Dall'Asta⁴, J Deng⁵, G Harrison⁶, J C S Lee⁷, A Lim⁸, K Maršal⁹, P Miloro¹⁰, L C Poon¹¹, K Å Salvesen¹², R Sande¹³, G Ter Haar¹⁴, S C Westerway¹⁵, M X Xie¹⁶, C Lees¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Discipline of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney; and Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), NSW, Australia.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁵ Barts Heart Centre, London; and University College London, London, UK.
⁶ Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR), UK.
⁷ Department of Urogynaecology, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
⁸ Imaging Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; and Hon Secretary, BMUS, UK.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lund University, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
¹⁰ Ultrasound and Underwater Acoustics, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK.
¹¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
¹² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
¹³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
¹⁴ Therapy Ultrasound, Division of Radiotherapy & Imaging, Joint Department of Physics, Royal Marsden Hospital, Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey, UK.
¹⁵ School of Dentistry & Health Sciences, Charles Sturt University; and Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁶ Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
¹⁷ Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
Eye Protective Devices
Female
Gloves, Protective
Gynecology
Hand Hygiene
Health Personnel
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / prevention & control*
Masks
Mass Screening
Obstetrics
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Personal Protective Equipment*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Pregnancy
Respiratory Protective Devices
Triage
Ultrasonography / methods
Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods*
Ventilation