Resuming Elective, Non-Urgent Surgical Procedures 

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• Also, see PPE, N95 Masks, and Respirators resources on Practice Resources (COVID-19).

Additional Resources

• White House/CDC Guidelines on Opening Up American Again 
• The Joint Commission: Preventing Coronavirus Transmission in ASCs
• CMS: OPENING UP AMERICA AGAIN Recommendations Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I 
• ACS, ASA, AORN, AHA: Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Pandemic 
• ACS: Local Resumption of Elective Surgery Guidance 
• ASCA: Resuming Elective Surgery as the COVID-19 Pandemic Recedes 
• APSF: COVID-19 and Anesthesia FAQ
• APSF, ASA: Joint Statement on Perioperative Testing for COVID-19 Virus
• ASHE: COVID-19 FAQs
  • CDC Airborne Contaminant Removal Table B.1.
• SAMBA: COVID-19 Resources
• AAAHC: COVID-19 Response Plan - What You Need to Know: Updates & Resources
• AAAASF: COVID-19 Facility Resources 
• AAAASF: Guide to Re-Opening your AAAASF-Accredited Facility After Closure Due to COVID-19 
• AAAASF: COVID-19 Updates for Facilities, Surveyors, and Patients

Surgical and Procedural Specialties

• AAOS: Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic
• ACG: POST-COVID-19 Resuming Endoscopy
• ASGE: Guidance for Resuming GI Endoscopy and Practice Operations After the COVID-19 Pandemic
• AGA, DHPA: Recommendations for Resumption of Elective Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• ASIPP: Checklist and Risk Stratification for Opening of Interventional Pain Management Practices
• ASIPP: Toolkit for Restarting Practice
• ASPS: Considerations for the Resumption of Elective Surgery and Visits
• ASPS: COVID-19 Informed Consent
• AOA: Optometry practice reactivation preparedness guide
• AAO: Ophthalmic ASC Reopening Guidance
• AAO: Ophthalmic ASC Checklist for Reopening
• CSCS: Ramping Up the Delivery of Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guidance Statement from the Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons
• CDC: Non-COVID-19 Care Framework
• STS: COVID-19: Crisis Management in Congenital Heart Surgery
• STS: COVID-19 Guidance for Triage of Operations for Thoracic Malignancies: A Consensus Statement from Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Research Network 
• Spine Intervention Society: COVID-19 Resources

References

• Johns Hopkins: National Action Plan for Expanding and Adapting the Healthcare System for the Duration of the COVID Pandemic
• How to Risk Stratify Elective Surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic?, Patient Saf Surg, 2020.   
• Economic Recovery After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resuming Elective Orthopedic Surgery and Total Joint Arthroplasty, J Arthroplasty, 2020 
• After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Returning to Normalcy or Returning to a New Normal?, J Arthroplasty, 2020 
• Post COVID-19: Planning Strategies to Resume Orthopaedic Surgery – Challenges and Considerations, J Clin Orthop Trauma, 2020 
• Recommendation to Optimize Safety of Elective Surgical Care While Limiting the Spread of COVID-19: Primum Non Nocere, Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil, 2020 
• Medically Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic, J Am Coll Surg, 2020.   
• The Surge after the Surge: Cardiac Surgery post-COVID-19, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2020. 
• Recommendations for Surgery During the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Epidemic, Indian J Surg, 2020.   
• Practice of endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: position statements of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE-COVID statements), BMJ 2020.   
• A Radiation Oncology Departmental Policy for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic  
• Sharing of Experience – Hong Kong
• The Response of An Orthopedic Department and Specialty Hospital at the Epicenter of a Pandemic: The NYU Langone Health Experience, J Arthoplasty, 2020.  
  

Disclaimer 

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Additional COVID-19 Resources

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