Management of an endoscopy center during the outbreak of COVID-19:Experience from West China Hospital

摘要

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),various measures have been taken to protect against the infection.As droplet and contact transmission are the main routes of COVID-19 infection,endoscopy centers are considered to be high-risk areas for exposure to COVID-19.We have undertaken several countermeasures in our endoscopic center during the pandemic,and have gained significant experience in terms of prevention and control of COVID-19.We here present our experience and strategies adopted for preventing hospital infection in our endoscopy center during the COVID-19 pandemic.We describe our management of the environment,endoscope,patients,and medical staff,and our self-made masks.