Protocols, Personal Protective Equipment Use, and Psychological/Financial Stressors in Endoscopy Units During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large Survey of Hospital-Based and Ambulatory Endoscopy Centers in the United States

Gastroenterology. 2020 Oct;159(4):1568-1570.e5. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.061. Epub 2020 May 25.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Electronic address: [email protected].

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Endoscopy; Mental Health; Survey.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care Facilities / organization & administration
Ambulatory Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / economics
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / psychology
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / methods
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / statistics & numerical data*
Gastroenterologists / economics
Gastroenterologists / psychology
Health Care Costs
Hospital Administration
Hospitals / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
Occupational Stress / etiology
Pandemics / economics
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Personal Protective Equipment / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral / economics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / psychology
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
SARS-CoV-2
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States / epidemiology