PanSurg is collating a library of useful policy documents,\n protocols and research articles from around the world. We aim to provide a useful for resource for\n surgeons and other professionals managing surgical patients and their own workforce on the frontline.
\nIntercollegiate General Surgery Guidance on COVID-19 (25th March):
\n \n Read here\n \nAmerican College of Surgeons Triage Guidance (24th March 2020):
\n \n Read here\n \nSingapore: What we do when a COVID-19 patient needs an operation: operating room preparation and guidance (6th March 2020):
\n \n Read here\n \nHandbook of COVID-19 Preventation and Treatment
\nThe First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
\n \n Read here\n \nNHS Clinical guide for the management of surgical patients during the coronavirus pandemic (16th March):
\n \n Read here\n \nNHS Clinical guide for the management of cancer patients during the coronavirus pandemic (17th March):
\n \n Read here\n \nSAGES Recommendations Regarding Surgical Response to COVID-19 Crisis
\n \n Read here\n \nSAGES Basics of mechanical care ventilation for non-critical care clinicians
\n \n Read here\n \nZhejiang University School of Medicine Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment (March 2020):
\n \n Read here\n \nWest China Hospital: Integrated infection control strategy to minimize nosocomial infection of coronavirus disease 2019 among ENT healthcare workers (27th February):
\n \n Read here\n \nThe three vital lessons Italian hospitals have learned in fighting covid-19 (25th March):
\nPanSurg Collaborative
\nHealth Services Journal
\n \n Read here\n \nPractical recommendations for\n critical care and anesthesiology teams caring for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) patients
\nRandy Wax and Michael Christian
\nCanadian Journal of Anaesthesia
\n \n Read here\n \nSurgical smoke and infection control:
\n \n Read here\n \nAerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2):
\n \n Read here\n \nEvidence for gastrointestinal infection of SARS-CoV-2:
\n \n Read here\n \nSterile PPE donning and Doffing
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