Question: During the pandemic, what are the special considerations for surgery and procedures?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs for COVID-19
section_headers: During the COVID-19 pandemic, are there special considerations for surgical and other procedural care settings, including performance of aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs)?
section_content: As part of routine practices, healthcare personnel (HCP) should be applying
Standard Precautions. HCP
should always deliberately assess potential risks of exposure to infectious
material before engaging in activities and procedures in healthcare delivery.
Based on their risk assessment, safe work practices, including engineering
controls that reduce the release of infectious material, administrative
controls, and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) should be implemented
at the point of care according to CDC guidelines and standards of practice for
the activity performed.
To reduce SARS-CoV-2 exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC recommends
that facilities:

consider nonoperative approaches when feasible;
minimize the use of procedures or techniques that might produce infectious aerosols when feasible;
minimize the number of people in the operating or procedure room to reduce exposures;
use the extent of community transmission and an assessment of the likelihood for patient harm if care is delayed to make decisions about cancelling or postponing elective surgeries and procedures; and
implement universal source control measures, which includes having patients wear a cloth face covering (as tolerated) and having HCP wear a facemask at all times while they are in the healthcare facility.

If surgery or procedures cannot be postponed, HCP caring for patients with
suspected or confirmed COVID-19 should adhere to all recommended infection
prevention and control practices for
COVID-19.
This includes:

Using all recommended PPE: an N95 or higher-level respirator (or facemask if respirators are not available), eye protection, gloves, and a gown. 
Respirators with exhalation valves should not be used during surgical procedures as unfiltered exhaled breath would compromise the sterile field.
If shortages exist, N95 or higher-level respirators should be prioritized for procedures involving higher risk techniques (e.g., that generate potentially infectious aerosols) or that involve anatomic regions where viral loads might be higher (e.g., nose and throat, oropharynx, respiratory tract).


As part of routine practice, HCP should also be using additional engineering controls for source control, when applicable (e.g., smoke evacuation devices).

Because COVID-19 can be transmitted asymptomatically, some infected
individuals will not be identified based on clinical signs and symptoms. HCP
providing surgical or procedural care to patients not suspected of having
COVID-19 should use a tiered approach based on the level of community
transmission to inform the need for universal eye protection and respirator
use (see FAQ addressing recommended PPE when caring for asymptomatic patients
who are not suspected to have COVID-19). HCP should continue to use eye
protection or an N95 or higher-level respirator whenever recommended for
patient care as a part of Standard or Transmission-Based Precautions.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Great answer that has a lot of details and focuses on the point of the question. Gives bullet point instructions to follow and is pretty comprehensive in the answers it provides
The acadamy offers guidance about the how COVID-19 pandamic wil...special considerations for opthalmic surgery during the COVID-19  pandamic...equipment (PPE)  by surgeon and staff during the surgial procedures.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: For Parents: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19
section_headers: How doctors will care for your child
section_content: Doctors may do certain tests to look for inflammation or other signs of
disease. These tests might include:

Blood tests
Chest x-ray
Heart ultrasound (echocardiogram)
Abdominal ultrasound

Doctors may provide supportive care for symptoms (medicine and/or fluids to
make your child feel better) and may use various medicines to treat
inflammation. Most children who become ill with MIS-C will need to be treated
in the hospital. Some will need to be treated in the pediatric intensive care
unit (ICU).
Parents or caregivers who have concerns about their child’s health, including
concerns about COVID-19 or MIS-C, should call a pediatrician or other
healthcare provider immediately. Healthcare providers can follow CDC
recommendations to
keep children and their parents or caregivers safe if an in-person visit is
needed.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
In response  to the COVID-19  pandamic , the centres  of disease  and considerations...to guide physicians ,nurses,and local facilities in their...at least 14 days before resumption of elective surgial procedure .
This doesn't really address what's being asked in the question. It just lists a couple of tests to look for signs of the disease but isn't focused on what precautions to take for other procedures

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Personal Protective Equipment: Questions and Answers
section_headers: Respirators
What is a Surgical N95 respirator and who needs to wear it?
section_content: 
A surgical N95 (also referred as a medical respirator) is recommended only for use by healthcare personnel (HCP) who need protection from both airborne and fluid hazards (e.g., splashes, sprays). These respirators are not used or needed outside of healthcare settings. In times of shortage, only HCP who are working in a sterile field or who may be exposed to high velocity splashes, sprays, or splatters of blood or body fluids should wear these respirators, such as in operative or procedural settings. Most HCP caring for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients should not need to use surgical N95 respirators and can use standard N95 respirators.
If a surgical N95 is not available for use in operative or procedural settings, then an unvalved N95 respirator may be used with a faceshield to help block high velocity streams of blood and body fluids.


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Perioperative Considerations  During Emergency General  Surgery in the Era of..OUr goals is to describe a specific and reproducable perioperative protocal..surgical prodecures performed during the COVID-19 pandamic.
This answer is focused on wearing an N95 mask which is important for surgical procedures but isn't the only thing that should be mentioned in the case of this question. Needs more info

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