Resumption of endoscopy in the Galician colorectal cancer screening programme after the COVID-19 lock down: patient safety results | Zendy

Isabel PeñaRey | Zendy; Raquel Ortega | Zendy; Elena RodríguezCamacho | Zendy; Joaquín Cubiella | Zendy

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Resumption of endoscopy in the Galician colorectal cancer screening programme after the COVID-19 lock down: patient safety results

Author(s) -

Isabel PeñaRey,

Raquel Ortega,

Elena RodríguezCamacho,

Joaquín Cubiella

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

revista española de enfermedades digestivas

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 2340-4167

pISSN - 1130-0108

DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.7647/2020

Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , colorectal cancer , lock (firearm) , endoscopy , cancer , general surgery , oncology , virology , history , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology

The COVID-19 pandemic meant that the population-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs had to be suspended. Modifications were made to the organization in order to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission. We report the experience of the Galician CRC screening program and patient safety results. Endoscopy was suspended between 13/03/2020 and 11/05/2020. After resumption, a total of 3,310 colonoscopies were performed (1,702 positive fecal occult blood tests and 1,608 endoscopy monitoring) and no SARS-CoV-2 infections were detected in the subsequent two weeks. Thus, resumption of activity associated with population screening was safe.

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