AHNS endocrine surgery section consensus statement on nasopharyngolaryngoscopy and clinic reopening during COVID-19: How to get back to optimal safe care

Benjamin Bleier; Alan Workman; Ciersten Burks; Alice Maxfield; Brendan C Stack Jr; Cherie-Ann Nathan; Susan McCammon; Mark Varvares; Cecelia Schmalbach; Steven Wang; Joseph Califano; Yelizaveta Shnayder; Marion B Gillespie; Danny Enepekides; Ian Witterick; Ivan El-Sayed; Derrick Lin; Urjeet Patel; Dennis Kraus; Gregory Randolph

doi:10.1002/hed.26525

AHNS endocrine surgery section consensus statement on nasopharyngolaryngoscopy and clinic reopening during COVID-19: How to get back to optimal safe care

Head Neck. 2021 Feb;43(2):733-738. doi: 10.1002/hed.26525. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Authors

Benjamin Bleier¹, Alan Workman¹, Ciersten Burks¹, Alice Maxfield², Brendan C Stack Jr³, Cherie-Ann Nathan⁴, Susan McCammon⁵, Mark Varvares¹, Cecelia Schmalbach⁶, Steven Wang⁷, Joseph Califano⁸, Yelizaveta Shnayder⁹, Marion B Gillespie¹⁰, Danny Enepekides¹¹, Ian Witterick¹², Ivan El-Sayed¹³, Derrick Lin¹, Urjeet Patel¹³, Dennis Kraus¹⁴, Gregory Randolph¹

Affiliations

¹ Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Divisions of Rhinology, Head and Neck Surgery and Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
² Department Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Illinois, IL.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, LSUHSC, Louisiana New Orleans.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
⁶ Department of Otolaryngology-HNS Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
⁷ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Tucson, AZ.
⁸ Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California.
⁹ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas.
¹⁰ UTHSC Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Memphis, TN.
¹¹ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA.
¹² Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA.
¹³ Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
¹⁴ Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Lenox Hill Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York.

Abstract

This article provides best practice guidelines regarding nasopharyngolaryngoscopy and OHNS clinic reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to provide evidence-based recommendations defining the risks of COVID-19 in clinic, the importance of pre-visit screening in addition to testing, along with ways to adhere to CDC guidelines for environmental, source, and engineering controls.

Keywords: COVID-19; Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; clinic reopening; consensus statement; nasopharyngolaryngoscopy.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / transmission
COVID-19 Testing / standards
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Endocrinology / standards
Humans
Mass Screening / standards
Nasal Surgical Procedures / standards
Otolaryngology / standards*
Personal Protective Equipment
Risk
SARS-CoV-2