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COVID-19 guidelines & resources for surgeons
COVID-19 Guidelines and Resources
This page will be updated regularly as the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve. If your organization has released guidelines for surgeons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact the ABS communications team.
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- ACGME Response to Pandemic Crisis
- COVID-19: Special Communication to Surgical Program Directors, including Case Log Guidance (PDF)
American College of Surgeons
- ACS Blue Book Offers Guidance on Management of COVID-19 Hospital Patients
- COVID-19: Considerations for Optimum Surgeon Protection Before, During, and After Operation
- COVID-19: Elective Case Triage Guidelines for Surgical Care
- COVID-19: Guidance for Triage of Non-Emergent Surgical Procedures
- COVID-19: Recommendations for Management of Elective Surgical Procedures **includes guidelines for 14 surgical specialties**
- Deployment of Surgeons for Out-of-Specialty Patient Care
- How to Set Up a Regional Medical Operations Center to Manage the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Local Resumption of Elective Surgery Guidance
- Maintaining Trauma Center Access and Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance Document for Trauma Medical Directors
- Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Pandemic
American Medical Association
- AMA guiding principles to protect learners responding to COVID-19
- COVID-19 coding and guidance
- COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus) resource center for physicians
- COVID-19 resources for medical educators
- CPT reporting for COVID-19 Testing (PDF)
- Financial & business operations during COVID-19: Guidance for physicians
- Guiding principles to protect resident & fellow physicians responding to COVID-19
- Managing mental health during COVID-19
- Physician's Guide to COVID-19
- Senior physician COVID-19 resource guide
- Special coding advice during COVID-19 public health emergency (PDF)
American Pediatric Surgical Association
American Society of Breast Surgeons
- ASBrS Resource Guide to Endocrine Therapy in the COVID-19 Pandemic(PDF)
- Recommendations for Prioritization, Treatment and Triage of Breast Cancer Patients (PDF)
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- ASTS COVID-19 Strike Force Guidance to Members on the Evolving Pandemic
- Organ Retrieval for Transplantation in the COVID-19 Era
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators
- Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019
- Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs
- Information for Healthcare Professionals: COVID-19 and Underlying Conditions
- Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease
- Interim Guidance for Public Health Personnel Evaluating Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) and Asymptomatic Close Contacts of Confirmed Cases at Their Home or Non-Home Residential Settings
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Healthcare Settings
- Personal Protective Equipment When Caring for COVID-19 Patients (PDF)
- Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators
Society for Vascular Surgery
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
- Management of Endoscopes, Endoscope Reprocessing, and Storage Areas During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Rapid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (webinar recording)
- SAGES and EAES Recommendations Regarding Surgical Response to COVID-19 Crisis | Related Infographic
- Returning to Operations After COVID-19 (webinar recording)
- Surgical Guidelines During COVID-19 (webinar recording)
Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Caring for Critically Ill Patients with Novel Coronavirus
- Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians **FREE online training**
- COVID-19 ICU Preparedness Checklist
- COVID-19 Rapid Resource Center
Society of Surgical Oncology
The Transplantation Society
Additional Resources
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (PDF)
- Federation of State Medical Boards - States Expediting Licensure for Inactive/Retired Licensees in Response to COVID-19 (PDF)
- Federation of State Medical Boards - States Modifying Licensure Requirements/Renewals for Physicians in Response to COVID-19 (PDF)
- Federation of State Medical Boards - States Waiving Licensure Requirements/Renewals in Response to COVID-19 (PDF)
- General Surgery News - A COVID-19 Coding Guide for Surgeons
- National Academy of Medicine - Strategies to Support the Health and Well-Being of Clinicians During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) - COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
- Zhejiang University School of Medicine - Handbook on COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment (PDF)
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