Guidelines and recommendations for the SARS-CoV-2 health emergency. Organization of ophthalmic consultations to avoid contact between healthy and asymptomatic contagious positive subjects

Authors

  • Pasquale Troiano Ophthalmology Unit – Fatebenefratelli “Sacra Famiglia” Hospital, Erba (CO) - Italy
  • Maurizio Buscemi Ophthalmology Unit, Casa di Cura Igea, Milan - Italy
  • Emilio Campos Past Professor and Chief of Ophthalmology, University of Bologna, Deputy Vice-President, Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI), Bologna - Italy
  • Luigi Mele Ophthalmology Unit – Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”; Ministry of Health USMAF-SASN, Napoli - Italy
  • Fabrizio Pregliasco IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Health Management, Milan - Italy
  • Carlo Signorelli School of Medicine – Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan - Italy
  • Sandro Vergani Ophthalmology Unit – Casa di cura Igea, Milan - Italy
  • Matteo Piovella President of the Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI); Treasurer of the Italian Federation of Medical Scientific Societies-FISM; President of the Italian Union Association of Eye Doctors and Orthoptists-ASMOOI; President of the “Together for Sight” Foundation; Medical Director of Piovella Global Center for Ophthalmology, Monza (MB) - Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33393/abtpn.2020.2201

Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Italian Society of Ophthalmology, Pandemics, Practice guidelines

Abstract

The Italian Ophthalmological Society (SOI) has developed clinical practice guidelines for the care of ophthalmic patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of this document is to define guidelines that would help ophthalmologists in their clinical activities through the adoption of recommended procedures to avoid common organization and management of positive asymptomatic contagious patients and healthy people. They are based on data available in scientific literature and real clinical experience. The document underlines the unique nature of ophthalmology and its impact on people’s health and wellbeing, outlines minimal requirements to be able to perform ophthalmology procedures, discusses the use of disposable devices and materials and outlines the criteria to manage potentially contagious patients and healthy people.

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2020-11-23

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Troiano, P., Buscemi, M., Campos, E., Mele, L., Pregliasco, F., Signorelli, C., Vergani, S., & Piovella, M. (2020). Guidelines and recommendations for the SARS-CoV-2 health emergency. Organization of ophthalmic consultations to avoid contact between healthy and asymptomatic contagious positive subjects. AboutOpen, 7(1), 76–79. https://doi.org/10.33393/abtpn.2020.2201

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020): January - December 2020

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Received 2020-10-30
Accepted 2020-11-02
Published 2020-11-23

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