Capsule endoscopy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations from the Capsule Endoscopy Group of the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy
Open Access
- 18 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy International Open
- Vol. 09 (03), E280-E283
- https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1333-6635
Abstract
The Capsule Endoscopy Group of the Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy has issued recommendations for capsule endoscopy (CE) practice during the COVID-19 pandemic to standardize workflow, preventive strategies, and management of a CE unit and in so doing, ensure the safety of both medical staff and patients. Received: 25 June 2020 Accepted: 11 November 2020 Publication Date: 18 February 2021 (online) © 2021. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commecial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyThis publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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