Abstract
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy has dramatically impacted the National Healthcare System, causing the sudden congestion of hospitals, especially in Northern Italy, thus imposing drastic restriction of almost all routine medical care. This exceptional adaptation of the Italian National Healthcare System has also been felt by non-frontline settings such as Pediatric Orthopaedic Units, where the limitation or temporary suspension of most routine care activities met with a need to maintain continuity of care and avoid secondary issues due to the delay or suspension of the routine clinical practice. The Italian Society of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology formulated general and specific recommendations to face the COVID-19 outbreak, aiming to provide essential care for children needing orthopaedic treatments during the pandemic and early post-peak period, ensure safety of children, caregivers and healthcare providers and limit the spread of contagion. © 2020 The Author(s).
Original language | English |
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Journal | Ital. J. Pediatr. |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Recommendations
- SARS-Cov-2
- biosafety
- caregiver
- clinical practice
- clinical protocol
- consensus development
- coronavirus disease 2019
- elective surgery
- emergency care
- emergency surgery
- epidemic
- health care need
- health care personnel
- health care system
- hospital patient
- hospital service
- human
- infection control
- Italy
- medical care
- medical documentation
- medical society
- nonhuman
- orthopedic surgeon
- orthopedic surgery
- orthopedics
- outpatient care
- pandemic
- patient care
- pediatric patient
- pediatric surgeon
- pediatric surgery
- pediatrics
- practice guideline
- Review
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- traumatology
- virus transmission
- World Health Organization
- child
- clinical decision making
- comparative study
- cross infection
- female
- health care delivery
- male
- occupational health
- organization and management
- patient safety
- preschool child
- procedures
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Clinical Decision-Making
- Cross Infection
- Delivery of Health Care
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Occupational Health
- Orthopedic Procedures
- Orthopedics
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
- Patient Safety
- Pediatrics
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Societies, Medical
- Traumatology