Drive-Through Model for Anticoagulation Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Zendy

Kaveh Rezaei Bookani | Zendy; Iva Minga | Zendy; Manisha Chander | Zendy; Ksenia Hankewych | Zendy; Matthew Plassmeier | Zendy; Alfonso Tafur | Zendy

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Drive-Through Model for Anticoagulation Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s) -

Kaveh Rezaei Bookani,

Iva Minga,

Manisha Chander,

Ksenia Hankewych,

Matthew Plassmeier,

Alfonso Tafur

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1938-2723

pISSN - 1076-0296

DOI - 10.1177/1076029620947476

Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , covid-19 , atrial fibrillation , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , social distance , health care , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , economic growth , microbiology and biotechnology , economics

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has posed a major challenge for providers and patients. A large number of patients with atrial fibrillation, venous thromboembolism, or valvular heart disease are chronically anticoagulated with vitamin K antagonists and rely on frequent follow ups at anticoagulation clinics for management of their anticoagulation therapy. The need for isolation during COVID-19 pandemic can potentially limit access to health care including anticoagulation clinics and directly affect the care of patients on chronic anticoagulation. Therefore, we created a drive-through clinic to bridge the gap of continuation of care and preservation of social distancing precautions. In this manuscript, we report the steps in implementing such initiative which can be applied to other clinics during a pandemic.

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