COMMENT ON: Hospital care in Departments defined as COVID-free: A proposal for a safe hospitalization protecting healthcare professionals and patients not affected by COVID-19


Published: June 23, 2020
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  • Alessandro Tafuri Department of Urology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy.
  • Andrea Minervini Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Antonio Celia Department of Urology, St. Bassiano Hospital, Bassano del Grappa, Italy.
  • Luca Cindolo Department of Urology, "Villa Stuart" Private Hospital, Rome, Italy.
  • Riccardo Schiavina Department of Urology, University of Bologna, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
  • Bernardo Rocco Department of Urology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
  • Angelo Porreca Department of urology, Policlinico Abano Terme, Abano Terme, Italy.
  • Alessandro Antonelli Department of Urology, University of Verona, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy.

The COVID-19 outbreak dramatically changed hospital everyday life, impairing the course of previous routine activity, also in urology. In the next months, together with keeping the focus on the prevention of contagion recrudescence, the health care system will face another stringent issue, i.e. to restore all the services not COVID-related. Leonardi et al. in their paper report an equilibrate overview on the incoming “Phase 2”, in order to set up so-called COVID-free hospitals and departments. The authors offer an insight from a practical point of view, detailing protocols for any of the steps of the path of care, from the outpatient visit to surgery


Tafuri, A., Minervini, A., Celia, A., Cindolo, L., Schiavina, R., Rocco, B., Porreca, A., & Antonelli, A. (2020). COMMENT ON: Hospital care in Departments defined as COVID-free: A proposal for a safe hospitalization protecting healthcare professionals and patients not affected by COVID-19. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 92(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2020.2.80

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